2 so 



of whatever (hade or degree, are dignified 

 with this appellation. 



' In the evening, after taking our firft 

 dinner on fhore, Dr. Cleghorn and myfelf 

 made a walk to vifit the hofpitals and bar- 

 racks at St. Anne's Hill ; and, on our way back 

 toBridge Town, we were accofted by two negro 

 girls of refpedable appearance, fittingupon the 

 Hep of a gentleman's gateway, by the road fide. 



Being juft arrived in a land of flavery, 

 and feeling defirous to converfe with the Afri* 

 cans, and their defcendants, in order to afcer- 

 taln whether any deficiency of intelledl, or 

 inferiority of natural capacity was obfervable 

 among them, we gladly detained ourfelves, 

 for fome minutes, in converfation with thefe 

 decent-looking young flaves. They were 

 the property of the gentleman, at whofe 

 gate they were fitting ; and were employed 

 as houfe fervants, or as they are here termed, 

 " hotife-wenches in his family. 



Trifling as It is, I give you the conver* 



* Domejlics of the kitchen ^ not Jlaves of the field', 



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