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are irritating beyond all idea. The govern- 

 ment is of such a nature that they are a con- 

 tinual torment. To prevent their offences, 

 some of them must be whipped ; and, after 

 that, they will endeavour to retaliate, by 

 perhaps setting fire to the house. 



A few days before I left America, Colo- 

 nel Rogers, of Baltimore, whipped a negro 

 for some fault, and at night put him into a 

 cellar. He got out while the family were 

 asleep in their beds, set fire to the house, 

 by putting fire under the stair-case (the 

 way usually practised by these nefarious 

 miscreants) : and the family, excepting one 

 child that was burnt, with difficulty saved 

 their lives; but were not able to reserve any 

 part of their clothes. Every article in the 

 house was consumed : the Colonel's pock- 

 et-book, containing a great number of bank- 

 notes, likewise became a prey to the flafcies. 

 Mr. Lloyd told me he had built a very 

 superb place for cattle ; but, having whip- 

 ped a black boy, in the night his mother 

 set fire to it, and it was burnt down. 



