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success against the English pirates, who have 

 landed upon their coast. They are also skillful 

 in the management of horses, and in the opinion 

 of travellers, who have had an opportunity of 

 witnessing their dexterity and courage in this 

 exercise, they might soon he formed into the 

 best body of cavalry in the world. Their at- 

 tachment to horses renders them particularly 

 fond of horse-racing, which they conduct in the 

 English manner. 



The negroes, who have been introduced into 

 Chili wholly by contraband means, are subjected 

 to a state of servitude which may be considered 

 as tolerable in comparison to that which they 

 endure in many parts of America, where the 

 interest of the planter stifles every sentiment of 

 humanity. As the planting of sugar and other 

 articles of West-Indian commerce has not been 

 established in Chili, the slaves are employed in 

 domestic services, where by attention and dili- 

 gence they more readily acquire the favour of 

 their masters. Those in most esteem are either 

 such as are born in the country of African pa- 

 rents, or the mulattoes, as they become more at- 

 tached to the family to which they belong. 



The humanity of the government or the in- 

 habitants has introduced in favour of this unfor- 

 tunate race a very proper regulation. Such of 

 them as by their industry have obtained a sum 

 f money sufficient for the purchase of a slave. 



