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to every laborious employment ; the women performing almoft alf the 

 work in their own country ;. thefe men are fullen, and often make 

 away with themfelves, rather than fubmit to any drudgery: the Ebo 

 women labour well, but are fubjeft to obftruftions of the menffrua^ 

 often attended with fterility, and incurable. The Congos, Papaws, 

 Conchas, Whidahs, and Angolas, in general, are good field labourers, 

 but the lafl-mentioned are mod ftupid. The Negroes brought from 

 Senegal are of better underfi:anding than the reft, and fitter for learn- 

 ^ Ing trades, and for menial domeHic fervices. They are good com- 

 manders over other Negroes, having a high fpirit, and a tolerable 

 fliare of fidelity:. but they are unfit for hard work; their bodies are not 

 robuft, nor their conftitution vigorous. The delicacy of their frame, 

 perhaps, has fome effeft on their minds, for they are eafier difciplined 

 than any other of the African Blacks. The Aradas are thought to ex-- 

 eel all the reft in knowledge of agriculture, yet their fkill is extremely- 

 incompetent. The Congos, and Gold CoaftNegroes, in generalj are 

 good fifliermen, and excel in making canoes. 



It has been remarked of the Guiney Negroes,, that, although they are 

 for the greater part of ftrong, healthy bodies, they rarely live to a de- 

 terminate old age in their own country. . A Negroe there of fifty is- 

 reckoned a very old man indeed; and at forty they appear debilitated.' 

 This fhort fpan has been attributed to their excelfive vencry: Buflfon' 

 afcribes it to polygamy ;, but in Egypt, and the hotter parts of Afia,., 

 where polygamy prevails, the inhabitants are found to attain great; 

 ages. So, in Jamaica, if they are not far advanced in years when . 

 brought over, they have been known to attain to. 80 and 90, or up-— 

 wards; but 50 and 60 are extremely ufual. 



G H A P. Ill, 



Of the Creole Slaves^^«J African Negroes /// Jamaica, . 



TH E general charader of o-ur Creole fla^-es may be fummedup ia. 

 the words of an old proverb, " Like mafter^ like man." They • 

 are capable of being made diligent, and moderately fiuthful.; or. the re-- 

 verfe, juft as their difpofitions happen to be worked upon.i It cannot • 

 b£ doubted, but the far greater part of them are more inclined to a life . 

 Qjf idknefs and eafe, .than a life of labour: yet the regular- dlfdpline . 

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