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the most flattering compliment that I ever received. 

 If my presence in the island has made the bench of 

 a whole country think it necessary to exact from the 

 jury a more severe vigilance than usual in all causes 

 relating to the protection of negroes, I cannot but 

 own myself most richly rewarded for all my pains 

 and expense in coming hither, for every risk of the 

 voyage, and for every possible sacrifice of my plea- 

 sures. There is nothing earthly that is too much 

 to give for the power of producing an effect so 

 beneficial ; and I would set off for Constantinople 

 to-morrow, could I only be convinced that my 

 arrival would make the Mufti redress the com- 

 plaints of the lower orders of Turks with more 

 scrupulous justice, and the Bashaws relax the fet- 

 ters of their slaves as much as their safety would 

 permit. But I cannot flatter myself with having 

 done either the one or the other in Jamaica ; and 

 if Mr. Stewart really alluded to me in his charge, 

 I am certainly greatly obliged to him ; but he has 

 paid me much too high a compliment ; — God grant 

 that I may live to deserve it ! 



March 16. 



Hercules, the poor paralytic runaway, has neither 

 moved nor spoken since his being brought into the 

 hospital. For the two last days he refused all sus- 

 tenance ; blisters, rubbing with mustard, &c. were 

 tried without producing the least sensation; and 



