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the i£[and depend almoft wholly upon thi§ 

 mode of fupply. They are all held weekly^ 

 and upon the Sunday ; that being the day 

 when the negroes are free from labouTj and 

 have leifure to attend* 



Mr. Waith has learned the happy art of 

 governing the flaves with kindnefs, and he 

 finds it a better fteward than the whip. With 

 great goodnefs of heart he indulges his owo 

 humane feelings, and finds it better policy 

 than ufing ftripes. He is a man of focial 

 manners, and would certainly deceive La^ater 

 himfelf, if he poffeffed not all the generofity 

 and benevolence for which he has obtained 

 fuch univerfal credit ; for fo plainly is all this 

 written upon his browy that thofe who run 

 may read it.- — He is of a ruddy complexion, 

 and, with an uncommon degree of fatnefs, is 

 very adive, and appears to have all the 

 ftrong health of an European. Never was 

 entertainment more bountiful, or given with 

 greater liberality, or a more cordial wel- 

 come, than at the plantation of Spendlove. 

 Punch and mandrani preceded the dinner ; at 

 table was an extenfive variety of good things j 

 and after the cloth was removed, the board 



