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which he had received. The principal objec- 

 tion which I had to this premature removal 

 arose from the general turbulent character of 

 the slaves of this man, and from the frequency 

 of quarrels between the dependants of those 

 persons whose dwellings were so near to each 

 other as ours had now become. » 



Several extremely disagreeable occurrences 

 took place, as I had feared would be the case, 

 before I could conveniently remove ; but as 

 these proceeded more particularly from the pe- 

 culiarity of our situation I do not think that a 

 minute account of them would be interesting. 

 These anecdotes could not be given in illustra- 

 tion of the general state of manners in the coun- 

 try. Suffice it to say, that I made a visit to the 

 owner of the plantation of Amparo, in the island 

 of Itamaraca, upon whose lands I agreed to 

 plant sugar-canes, and to share with him their 

 produce, as is a usual practice upon sugar-estates. 



In the beginning of November, 1813, I sent 

 my manager to prepare a residence for me, at 

 the town of Conception in the island ; and I 

 removed to that place in the course of the fol- 

 lowing month. 



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