a gentleman's houfe ; from which, as we 

 approached, the lord of the inanfion came 

 out to bid us welcome, and to tender us the 

 civilities of hofpitality. We accepted the 

 very grateful refreihment of a fine fhaddock, 

 pulled frefh from the tree, and the gentle- 

 man, kindly, conduced us to the plantain 

 ground, the negro yard, and different parts- 

 of the houfe and eftate. 



We had, before, feen many negro huts, 

 fome (haded by the fea^grape, fome flieltered 

 by the broad and balmy leaf of the plantain, 

 fome proteded by the umbrageous coco-nut> 

 and fome ftanding amidft the open fields, 

 expofed to the full ardor of the fun ; but all 

 thefe were of a mean order, ftraggling, and 

 difperfed, and bearing no kind of refemblance 

 to the colledive abode, conftruded for the 

 flaves of this eftate. 



It is common at the plantations to allot a 

 fmall piece of ground, at a fhort diftance 

 from the houfe, to the ufe of the negroes, and 

 this Is called the negro-yard. Here the flaves 



