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spite of their gross falsehoods and calumnies ; and 

 although they did not gain their object, I make no 

 doubt that they will go on more contentedly for 

 having had attention paid to their complaints. It 

 was indeed evident, that Nelly (the chief com- 

 plainant) was actuated more by wounded pride 

 than any real feeling of hardship ; for what she 

 laid the most stress upon was, the overseer's turning 

 his back upon her, when she stated herself to be 

 injured, and walking away without giving her any 

 answer. 



There are so many pleasing and amusing parts 

 of the character of negroes, that it seems to me 

 scarcely possible not to like them. But when they 

 are once disposed to evil, they seem to set no 

 bounds to the indulgence of their bad passions. A 

 poor girl came into the hospital to-day, who had had 

 some trifling dispute with two of her companions ; 

 on which the two friends seized her together, and 

 each fixing her teeth on one of the girl's hands, 

 bit her so severely, that we greatly fear her losing 

 the use of both of them. I happened also to ask, 

 this morning, to whom a skull had belonged, 

 which I had observed fixed on a pole by the road- 

 side, when returning last from Montego Bay. I was 

 told, that about five years ago a Mr. Dunbar had 

 given some discontent to his negroes in the article 

 of clothing them, although, in other respects, he 

 was by no means a severe master. However, this 

 was sufficient to induce his head driver, who had 



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