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own peculiar property, and by the sale of which 

 they obtain considerable sums. The pasturage of 

 a steer would amount, in this country, to 12/. a year; 

 but the negro cattle get their grass from me without 

 its costing them a farthing; and as they were very 

 desirous that I should be their general purchaser, 

 I ordered them to agree among themselves as to 

 what the price should be. It was, therefore, settled 

 that I should take their whole stock, good and bad 

 indifferently, at the rate of 151. a head for every 

 three-year-old beast; and they expressed them- 

 selves not only satisfied, but very grateful for my 

 acceptance of their proposal. John Fuller and the 

 beautiful Psyche had each a steer to sell (how 

 Psyche came to be so rich, I had too much discre- 

 tion to enquire), and they were paid down their 

 15/. a piece instantly, which they carried off with 

 much glee. 



March 3. (Sunday.) 

 In this country it may be truly said that " it never 

 rains but it pours." After a drought of three 

 months, it began to rain on Thursday morning, and 

 has never stopped raining since, with thunder all 

 the day, and lightning all the night ; one conse- 

 quence of which incessant showers is, that it has 

 brought out all sorts of insects and reptiles in 

 crowds : the ground is covered with lizards ; the 

 air is filled with mosquitoes, and their bite is infi- 

 nitely more envenomed than on my first arrival. A 



