firft take place, having only exchanged: his trowfers fear a c h a p.
pair 0# thih! linen or f i l l breeched he fits down, and* hold- . XVI11,
itig-ot#oö:e foot after the other, like a horfe going5 to be
fliod, a negro boy puts on his ftockings and ftioes, which
he alfb buckles', while another drefles his hair, his wig,
or fhaves his chin, and a third is fanning him to keep off
the mufquitoes. Having mow fhifted, he puts on a thin
cöM and'w^iffco^ all Wh^e; when, under an umbrella,
carried by a black boy, he is conduced to his barge, which
i^in Waiting :for him with fix or eight oars, well provided'
with fruit, Wine, water, and tobacco, by his overfeer, who
no foofter has feen him depart, than he refumes the command
With ail the ufual infolence of; office. But fhould
this prmce not mean to fin? from his eftate, he goes to
breakfaft about ten o’clock, for which a table ié fprèad in
the large* hall, provided with a bacon ham, hung-beefj
fowls, of pigeons broiled ; plantains and fWee± caffayas
roaffed; bread; butter, cheefe, See. with which he drinks
ftrong beer, and a glafs of Madeira, RhènHh, or Mozell
wine, while the cringing overfeer fits at the farther end,
keeping his proper difiance, both being ferved * by thé
moft beautiful Haves that can be feieCtcd ;— andthis iS;
called breaking the poor gentleman’s faft*
After this he takes a book, plays at chefs or billiard^,
entertains himfelf with mufic, 8tc. till the heat of the day
forces him to return into his cotton hammock to enjoy his
meridian nap, which he could no moré difpenfe with than
a Spaniard with his and in which he rocks to and
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