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there are several of sixty, seventy, and eighty. I 

 was glad, also, to find, that several negroes who 

 have obtained their freedom, and possess little pro- 

 perties of their own in the mountains, and at Sa- 

 vannah la Mar, look upon my estate so little as the 

 scene of their former sufferings while slaves, that 

 they frequently come down to pass a few days in 

 their ancient habitations with their former com- 

 panions, by way of relaxation, One woman in 

 particular expressed her hopes, that I should not 

 be offended at her still coming to Cornwall now 

 and then, although she belonged to it no longer ; 

 and begged me to give directions before my return 

 to England, that her visits should not be hindered 

 on the grounds of her having no business there. 



My visit to Jamaica has at least produced one 

 advantage to myself. Several runaways, who had 

 disappeared for some time (some even for several 

 months), have again made their appearance in the 

 field, and I have desired that no questions should 

 be asked. On the other hand, after enjoying her- 

 self during the Saturday and Sunday, which were 

 allowed for holidays on my arrival, one of my 

 ladies chose to pull foot, and did not return from 

 her hiding-place in the mountains till this morning. 

 Her name is Marcia ; but so unlike is she to Addi- 

 son's Marcia, that she is not only as black as Juba, 

 (instead of being " fair, oh ! how divinely fair!") 

 but, — whereas Sempronius complains, that " Marcia, 

 the lovely Marcia, is left behind," the complaint 



