

BEGIN THE JOURNEY. 



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some men, whose conduct is widely different 

 from what I have above stated ; but the power 

 given to an individual is too great, and the pro- 

 bability of being called to an account for its 

 abuse too remote, to insure the exercise of it in 

 a proper manner. 



The free mulattos and free negroes whose 

 names are upon the rolls, either of the militia 

 regiments which are commanded by white offi- 

 cers, or by those of their own class and colour, 

 are not, properly speaking, subject to the Capi- 

 taens-mores. These officers and the colonels of 

 militia are appointed by the supreme govern- 

 ment, and the subaltern officers are nominated 

 by the governor of each province. 



The above explanation of the state of internal 

 government I thought necessary, that the reader 

 might understand the grounds upon which I was 

 about to undertake the journey, of which some 

 account will immediately be given. 



On the 28th January, 1812, the Capitam-mor 

 sent one of his servants to summon us to his 

 plantation, and to be our guide. Early on the 

 morning following, my friend, myself, our own 

 two servants, and the boy who had been sent to 

 us by the Capitam-mor, set forth on horseback in 

 high spirits ; my friend and I expecting to see 

 something new and strange. I had before, as 

 has been already related, travelled into the less, 

 populous parts of the country; but I had had 



