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the difFerence between the fugar in thefe and 

 In the pots which had not been fubjeded to 

 the fame procefs was very ftriking. After 

 being thus improved the fugar fells at a price 

 nearly one third higher, than in its raw ftate: 

 other advantages are likewife faid to derive 

 to the planter from this partial mode of 

 refining the produce of his canes. Soon 

 after breakfaft we refumed our morning wan- 

 derings, leaving the Colleton eftate impreffed 

 with a ftrong fenfe of the kind reception, and 

 the very warm hofpitality it had afforded us. 

 Upon taking leave, it was difcovered that our 

 party had decreafed from eight to feven. The 

 family and the houfe had fufEcient attrac- 

 tions to detain the inclinations of us all ; but 

 the peculiar magnet which influenced the per- 

 fon, whofe foclety we loft, was of an irrefift- 

 able nature, — the junior Mr. H. was the hap- 

 py fuitor of Mifs Hollingfworth, and, amidft 

 the crowd of the evening, her attentions had 

 neceffarily been too much divided for him to 

 have fecured the exclufive proportion due to a 

 faithful and devoted admirer. 



After leaving Mr. Hollingfworth's, 

 « Clarke's Court," and " Kendall " eftates, were 



