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Metropolis, we hold a Market every Sunday Morn- 

 ing, which begins at Sun-rifing, and ends about 

 nine o' clock, whither the Negroes bring Fowls, 

 Indian Corn, Yams, Garden-ftuff of all forts, &c. 

 But this is no great matter of wonder, if what I 

 have heard be true, that at Thorne)\ near Peterbo- 

 rough^ the fame is weekly pradlifed. The Negroes 

 are fed, generally fpeaking, upon Salt Herrings, 

 and their Potatoes, which are fweet, and of the 

 SpaniJJj kind 5 they have no thick Stalk, fliooting 

 upwards, perpendicularly into the Air (as here in 

 E?tgla?id) y but their Stalk runs along, clofe to the 

 Ground, and is ornamented with Leaves^ which 

 nearly refemble Vine Leaves : We ufually fatten 

 Cows and Rabbits with them : Befides Indian 

 Corn or Maiz, I have known fome of them to be 

 fond of eating Graihoppers, or Locufls; others will 

 wrap up Cane Rats, in Bonano-Leaves, and roaft 

 them in Wood Embers. During Crop-time, they 

 work night and day almoft inceflantly ; but after 

 all, many a poor Man works harder here in En- 

 gland, My Man Oxford^ had once on a fudden, 

 got a Crebouga, (that is to fay, a Hefhy fubflance, 

 not unlike to a Wart) growing out in the middle 

 of the bottom of his Right Foot, that was about 

 the fize of a common Nutmeg, and quite lamed 

 him : He was cured in the following manner, viz. 

 An old experienced Mulatto Woman, took a good 

 fharp Pen-knife and cut it, till it bled 3 then fh^ 



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