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the bufinefs was, indeed, beneficial while they could fupply the neighbouring 

 kets, and export to advantage what would not anfwer fo well within the colony 

 every opportunity of this kind is now gone, and very few of them are obferved 



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rife ; for the principal plant 



now fupplyed with every conveniency at their own 



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d the next clafs is entirely engrofled by the factors, who generally import 



commonly wanted 



plantation. But goods of all forts 



fuch commodities as are 



have been imported there in fuch abundance of late years, in expectation of fome 



foreign trade, that they have been frequently fold under the prime cofts 



The dependents form a fourth clafs, and 



the leaft ufeful to the community 



conftituted of mechanics, clerks, and fervants of all forts, whofe ufeful in 



duftry deferves encouragement, and adds to the public welfare in every fo 



and 



moll: of thefe that follow the more ufeful mechanical branch 



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bricklayers, millwrights, copperfmith 



and 



acquire very d 



carpenters, coo 



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not ample fortunes 



and 



frequently raifed by an honeft induftry, fo far 



be coniidered among the firft rank of people : clerks, when they behave with a pro 



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the intereft of their employ 



generally promoted, and 



efted in the bufinefs, in proportion as thefe grow lefs active, and more fond of 



indulging themfelves 



does the 



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fervant ever fail of gaining his mafter 



efleem, who generally rewards his care with fome decent gratuity at the expiration 



of his time 





To thofe we may add the Negroes, as a fifth and more numerous clafs, who 

 computed to be more than 120000 in number ; and by whole labours and 



duftry almoft alone, the 

 manufactured 



ony 



flourifheth, and its productions are cultivated and 





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But although the methods of living in this colony, vary among the different claries 



are but few in the general run of mankind that live with 





of its inhab 

 more fatisfact 



above the reft 



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The planters, and others whom affluence has fupplied with 



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decent, and often magnificent in their build 



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and rich in their furniture and dreffes ; and plentiful, with order and delicacy at their 

 tables : they have great quantities of poultry and all forts of ftock raifed at their 

 plantations j North America fupplies them with flower $ and the fields almoft with- 



out culture, with a variety of g 



roots, and fruit : the general produce of 



eftates, affords them wholefome diluting drinks ; and, from England^ and Madera 

 they are fupplied with thofe various wines and other liquors generally ufed at the 



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of 



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more than ufual 



the ufe of foops, which they find 



more agreeable to their weakned ftomachs j but in the general difpofltions of their 

 bles, and methods of cookery, the Englijl? cuftoms are obferved. ^^j 



The fettlers, and middling fort of people in every other ftation of life, are not 

 fhort of thofe in the effential and neceffary conveniences j their habitations are g 



far 



lly commodious and decent, their dreffes neat and fimpl 



and their tables well 



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fupplied with all forts of frelh provifions, as well as neceffary liquors : but the 

 conveniency of carriage, and frequent fcarcity of flower among thofe that 

 purchafe a confiderable quantity at a time, often oblige them to fubftitute plants 

 caffada, or yams, in the room of bread $ which, though not fo elegant, or agreeabl 



cannot 



ftrang 



much inferior in wholefomenefs or degree of nourishment 



The fervants in this colony are moftly Europ 



and indented for a certain num 



ber of \ 



at the 



piration of which, they are not only capable of providing 



decently for themfelves, but generally receive fome gratuity that enables them 

 enter more eafily into life : Thefe people generally live in fmaller houfes built about 

 the fugar works, that they may be in, or out, with greater conveniency in the crop- 

 time : By the laws and cuftoms of the country they are allowed a certain quantity of 

 fait beef, and flower, every month or quarter ;. and a proportionate quantity of fugar, 



and rum, to fupply them with drink ; but no ways reftrained in the ufe of the more 



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