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which is nearly a waste : there is an in- 

 spector to examine the flour: then there is 

 frequently another commission to buy the 

 flour to ship it : then there is the ship's 

 freight to pay, and another commission, 

 warehouse-room in England, &c. All these 

 certainly are great disadvantages : they 

 shackle the commercial interests of those 

 parts called the Eastern Shore, and lessen 

 the profits of the land's produce. 



To return to my pursuits of the tour. — 

 Mr. Singleton introduced me to a great 

 number of very respectable men, and men 

 of business. The chief of them are their 

 own overseers ; which is not usually the 

 case in America ; for most of them, as 

 planters or farmers, keep a white man 

 to whip the blacks. Among the rest of 

 these farmers, I was introduced to a Mr. 

 Samuel Chamberlaine, who shewed the best 

 crop of wheat I saw. The land where this 

 grew was where there had been an Indian 

 town ; for, seeing the crop superior to any 

 other, I particularly enquired what the land 



