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My boilers, too, who used to make sugar the 

 colour of mahogany, are now making excellent ; 

 and certainly, if appearances may be trusted, and 

 things will but last, I may flatter myself with the 

 complete success of my system of management, as 

 far as the time elapsed is sufficient to warrant an 

 opinion. I only wish from my soul that I were 

 but half as certain of the good treatment and good 

 behaviour of the negroes at Hordley. 



April 1. (Wednesday.) 



Jug-Betty having had two leathern purses full 

 of silver coin stolen out of her trunk, her cousin 

 Punch told her to have patience till Sunday, and 

 he thought that by that time he should be able to 

 find it for her. Upon which she very naturally 

 suspected her cousin Punch of having stolen the 

 money himself, and brought him to day to make 

 her charge against him. However, he stuck firmly 

 to a denial, and as several days had been suffered 

 to elapse since the theft, there could be no doubt 

 of his having concealed the money, and therefore 

 no utility in searching his person or his house. I 

 found great fault with the persons in authority for 

 not having taken such a measure without a moment's 

 delay ; but the trustee informed me that it fre- 

 quently produced very serious consequences, many 

 instances having occurred of the disgrace of their 

 house being searched having offended negroes so 

 much to the heart, as to occasion their committing 



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