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broil ; which is very extravagant. It 19 

 customary, on plantations and farms, to 

 keep a number of dogs for the preserva- 

 tion of the fruit, &c. which is very ex- 

 pensive, as the negroes throw to the dogs 

 all such food as they do not choose to eat : 

 they do not like fat meat of any kind. 

 And there is a very unpleasant thing in 

 having the young negroes to raise, where 

 a man has a young family of his own. 

 The first remark I heard of that, was by 

 the lady of Colonel Norwood. I called at 

 the Colonel's house one day : he not being 

 at home, I sat talking with his lady ; and 

 she asked me if I meant to employ negroes. 

 I told her, no. She said there was no doing 

 without them in their country, although 

 they were a very unpleasant set of people. 

 The Colonel had made several trials of 

 white men ; but they were still worse : 

 they were next to nobody ; they would 

 only just do as they chose : which I after- 

 wards found to be true* The greatest dis- 

 like she had to negroes, and what could 

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