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\vhich 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 



