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they are the very obedient, obliging, and mojl 

 convenient humble fervants. 



On firft making inquiry, refpefling 

 the accommodations of the houfe, we were 

 farprized to learn their extent, and the facility 

 with which they are attainable. A bed 

 may be had for half a dollar per night, or 

 three dollars per week \ and, for an additional 

 fum well underftood, the choice of an attend- 

 ant to draw the curtains. 



The hoflefs of the tavern is, ufually, a 

 black, or mulatto woman, who has been the 

 favored enamorata of fome backra ^ man; from 

 whom fhehas obtained her freedom, and per- 

 haps two or three flaves to affiil: her in carry- 

 ing on the bufmefs of the houfe ; where ihe 

 now indulges in indolence, and the <:ood 

 things of life, grows fat, a d feels herfelf of 

 importance in fociety. To tluofe who, in 

 compliance with the Highgate privilege, 

 court her particular attention, in preference 

 to the more youthful attendants around her, 

 flie is fuppofed not to be violently cruel, 



* The negro term ufedfor white. 



