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the driver at their head. When they got to the 

 Bay, they told Mr. Hill that, as to their massa, 

 they had no complaint to make against him, except 

 that he had compelled them to make one ; and 

 what they said against the attorney was so trifling, 

 that the magistrate bade the driver take them 

 all back again. Upon which they slunk away to 

 their houses, while the Creoles cried out " Shame ! 

 shame !" as they passed along. 



Indeed, the Creoles could not have received a 

 greater pleasure than the mortification of the 

 Eboes ; for the two bodies hate each other as 

 cordially as the Guelphs and Ghibellines; and 

 after their departure for the Bay, I heard the 

 head cook haranguing a large audience, and de- 

 claring it to be her fixed opinion, " that massa 

 ought to sell all the Eboes, and buy Creoles in- 

 stead." Probably, Mrs. Cook was not the less 

 loud in her exclamations against the ingratitude 

 of the Eboes, from her own loyalty having lately 

 been questioned. She had found fault one day in 

 the hospital with some women who feigned sick- 

 ness in order to remain idle. " You no work 

 willing for massa," said Mrs. Cook, " and him so 

 vex, him say him go to Kingston to-morrow, and 

 him wish him neber come back again!" — " What!" 

 cried Philippa, the mad woman, " you wish massa 

 neber come back from Kingston?" So she gave 

 Mrs. Cook a box on the ear with all her might ; 

 upon which Mrs. Cook snatched up a stick and 



