they will not be responsible in the next 
world for their cruel conduct in this. 
——He speaks, however, such is the om- 
nipotence of truth, of the measures pro- 
posed for the abolition of this wicked 
traffic, with a sort of reluctant tendency 
to panegyric. It is stated, that many 
negroes die annually from want of food, 
hard labour, and improper treatment ; 
and it is calculated that one fourth of 
the slaves imported die within three or 
four years after their arrival in the 
West Indies.—The treatment of the 
slaves has been much improved within 
these few years. This is not to be at- 
tributed to the more general diffusion of 
, humane and tender feelings among the 
planters, but to the discovery of the ad- 
vantages attached to such conduct. It 
has been found, that whatever amelio- 
rates the health and condition of the 
slave, improves the fortune of his master. 
Every thing, in our author’s opinion, is 
estimated by the way in which it may be 
turned to a good account; thus more food, 
better cloathing, religious instruction, 
&c. are recommended, not because they 
may be conducive to the happiness and 
comfort of the poor slaves, but because 
they will contribute to the interest of the 
proprietor, and diminish the expence in 
_the manufactory of sugar. He denies 
that slavery is a state of misery; and re- 
marks that the moral feelings of negroes 
are less exquisite than those of the whites, 
probably from the want of education. 
He asserts also, that “ the employment of 
a planter is a’source of genuine delight;” such 
delight as our eyes have not seen, it does 
not readily enter into our minds to con- 
ceive. 
In page $9, we have met with some 
curious observations on the different 
breeds of negroes. Those from the 
Gold Coast are bad, because they are 
wild, and not easily tamed ; those from 
Senegal are gentle and steady; the Con- 
gos are a good sort, they are of a very 
black colour, and are well. limbed.— 
Page 42, the Mandingos are not adapted 
for strong work ; the Ebbgs and Ebboo- 
bees are a very hardy breed, especially 
the females—they are very little inferior 
to the males; the kingdom of Gaboon 
never sends good negroes, they are a 
sickly race; the Whidaws and Papaws 
are very good; the Aradas still better ; 
the French speak highly of their quali- 
ties; we suppose they afford excellent 
meat ! ; : 
The most frequent and fatal diseases 
MEDICINE, SURGERY, ANATOMY, &e. 
among negroes are fluxes and dropsies$ _ 
they are less liable to fevers than white 
people, and this is attributed by the au- 
thor to the absence of the fear of death. 
This privilege of exemption from fevers, 
may cp arise from some physical 
cause, perhaps it is owing to the state of 
their skin, which may render them less 
liable to be affected by any excess of heat, 
one of the most formidable and dange- 
rous symptoms: in all febrile diseases. 
The remarks on different diseases are 
short and common-place, they are only 
calculated to convey some few general 
notions to persons residing in the colo- 
nies, for whom this mee is designed. 
One of the most singular diseases pecu- 
liar to hot countries is called-the Guinea- 
worm, though it is not confined to this 
coast. This animal appears in different 
parts of the body, under the skin, and 
among the muscles; it manifests itself by 
a small tumour, resembling a boil, from 
the top of which the skin peels, and ex- 
poses a small white slender substance re- 
sembling thread. ‘The method of ex- 
‘tracting it is as follows : 
«« As soon as the worm appears, take hold 
of it with your fore-finger and thumb ; or, if 
you find it impossible to be seized with the 
finger and thumb, employ a pair of surgeon's 
forceps for that purpose, dat draw it forth 
until you find a resistance, when you should 
cease to draw, lest you break it, which is ea- 
sily done. When you have got it ont as far 
as it will come without violence, tum the 
part which you have extracted round a cot- 
ton thread, doubled up into the length of an 
inch and a half, to the thickness of the wick 
of a candle; then puta piece of diachylon, 
or any other sticking plaster, over the cotton, 
first observing to interpose a small piece of 
common rag between the worm and the plas- 
ter, just large enough to prevent them from 
adhering, and cover the whole with a band- 
age. ‘hese precautions are taken to prevent 
the worm from breaking; and you are to ad- 
monish the negro to be careful to prevent 
that. ‘The next day you are to remove the 
bandage, did to renew your attempt to ex- 
tract’ the worm as before, turning it round 
the cotton as it comes out, and discontinuing’ 
your endeavours as soon as you find it to re- 
sist; then replace the rag, the sticking plas- 
ter, and bandage. 
«* By this operation, repeated daily, and 
always with the same gentleness, you may ex- 
pect to get the worm entire, which is much 
to be desired ; but, should it happen other- 
wise, you need not be alarmed; for, though 
it seldom appears again at the same orifice, 
you may expect to meet with it atsome other, 
not very distant; where, after occasioning a 
swelling and some pain, it pushes forth again. 
