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his single unsupported denial to outweigh five con- 

 cordant witnesses to the assertion ; and that, if he 

 grounded his claim to being believed merely upon 

 his having a white skin, he would find that, on 

 Cornwall estate at least, that claim would not be 

 admitted. The fact was established as evident as 

 the sun ; and nothing should induce me to retain 

 him on my property, except his finding some means 

 of appeasing the injured negro, and prevailing on 

 him to intercede in his behalf. This was an humi- 

 liation to which he could not bring himself to 

 stoop ; and, accordingly, the man has left the 

 estate. Probably, indeed, the attempt at reconcili- 

 ation would have been unsuccessful; for when one 

 of his companions asked Frank whether, if Mr. 

 Barker would make him a present, he had not 

 better take it, and beg massa to let him stay, he 

 exclaimed, in the true spirit of a Zanga, — " No, 

 no, no ! me no want present ! me no want noting ! 

 Me no beg for Mr. Barker ! him go away ! " — I 

 was kept awake the greatest part of the night by 

 the songs and rejoicings of the negroes, at their 

 triumph over the offending book-keeper. 



February 27. 



The only horned cattle said to be fit for Jamaica 

 work, are those which have a great deal of black 

 in them. The white are terribly tormented by the 

 insects, and they are weak and sluggish in propor- 



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