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forbid him to make further mention of his Pro- 

 jedt. St. BartholQ77iew and Angiiilla^ (two Iflands 

 of much lefs note) have their refpedive Gover- 

 nors appointed them, by our Governor-General, 

 but no Council and Affembly. Pirates are tried 

 at A^mi only, as being deemed the Mother 

 Ifland. 



2. Our Negroes (except what are born at Ne- 

 vis) are brought to us from Guinea j thofe from 

 the Gold Coaft being the moft valuable and 

 hardy, on account of the vaft Heats, and of 

 courfe, fcarcity of Provifions there ; and thofe of 

 Congo and Angola are lefs fet by, becaufe the 

 Plenty of Provifion in their own, more tempe-« 

 rate, and cool Countries, renders them lazy, and 

 confequently, not fo able to endure Work and 

 Fatigue. When they firft arrive, they are well 

 rubbed over with Oil, in order to make them 

 look fleek and handfome^ and as they can, with 

 a fmall Comb, curl one another's Hair into ini- 

 mitable knots, like Rofes, &c, it gives a much 

 farther addition to their Beauty ; in ihort, it ex- 

 ceeds the Skill of the beft Englip Barber. A Boy 

 or Girl about lixteen years old, may be worth 

 Twenty Pounds Sterling, a Woman Twenty- 

 feven, and a Man Thirty. They live in Huts, on 

 the Weftern Side of our Dwelling-houfes, fo that 

 every Plantation refembles a fmall Town ; and 

 he reafon why they are feated on the Weftern 



P fide. 



