ftandlng the great heat of climate, and the 

 excefTive wafte of fluids by perfpiration ; nor 

 can this be at all wonderful to thofe who have 

 wltnefTed their hearty devotion to the good 

 things of the table. Spendlove was our place 

 of dinner, and, while this v/as preparing, we 

 begged permiffion to fee the negro-yard, and 

 to extend our vifit into fome of the huts, 

 being defirousto infpeft the habitations, and 

 witnefs the mode of life of the flaves. It 

 was remarked to us that the negroes were 

 tenacious of their home, and difliked to have 

 their huts expofed to the prying eye of 

 ftrangers. We accordingly treafured the in- 

 timation, promifing not to be too minute, 

 but to regulate our curic|ity with all becom- 

 ing decorum, paying due regard to the feelings 

 ^nd prejudices of the fable inhabitants : and I 

 fhould have been truly mortified not to have 

 had this opportunity of telling you, from the 

 teftimony both of my eyes and ears, the very 

 comfortable, and, I might fay, happy ftate 

 in which we found the flaves of Spendlove. 



In your future good wiflies for the com- 

 fort of the poor Africans forget not to pray 

 that all mafters may pofl^efs hearts as kind, 



