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nager ; to this is usually attached a stable for 

 the saddle-horses ; the dwelling-houses are fre- 

 quently made of timber and mud. 



The row of negro dwellings ; which I have 

 described in another place as looking like ne- 

 glected aim-houses in England, and is made of 

 the same materials as the house of the owner. 

 From the appearance of the negro huts an idea 

 may usually be formed of the disposition of the 

 owner of a plantation. All these buildings are 

 covered with tiles. 



The estates have no regular hospital for the 

 sick negroes ; but one of the houses of the row 

 is oftentimes set apart for this purpose. The 

 stocks, in which disorderly slaves are placed, 

 stand in the claying-house. 



STOCK. 



Of those estates which I have seen, I think 

 that the average number of negroes sent to daily 

 labour in the field does not reach forty for each ; 

 for although there may be upon a plantation tin's 

 number of males and females, of a proper age 

 for working, still some of them will always be 

 sick or employed upon errands, not directly con- 

 ducive to the advancement of the regular work. 

 An estate which possesses forty able negroes, 

 males and females, an equal number of oxen *, 



* " Qui Is {les cabrouctticrs) ayent soin, quand il est ncccs- 

 saire dc leur Jkire oter les barbes, qui sont certaines excres* 



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