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generally of so insecure a tenure,, that he thinks it a folly 

 to enter into calculations which require time to carry out. 

 It is a most injurious system, and should at all risks be 

 altered, for without feeling a heart-in-hand kind of interest 

 in the estate that he manages, the overseer can never act 

 the part he oughts — Wrai/s Practical Sugar Planter, 

 page 62. 



