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cheft it was only with difficulty each negro 

 could find fpace for an aflifting hand ; from 

 its fhape it was moft inconvenient for rolling; 

 and, from its contents, moft improper — being 

 filled with bottles, jars, earthen pots, and the 

 like. In England four men would have car- 

 ried it upon a hand-barrow with great eafe — 

 while, here, the time and labour of twelve 

 men were confirmed in moving it, at a rate 

 incomparably flower, and at the expence, 

 probably, of great part of its contents. 



We pointed out to them the injury that 

 might, and the lofs of time that neceflarily 

 muft derive from this method of moving it, 

 and endeavored to convince them how much 

 better, fafer, and more expeditious it would 

 be, to take it up, and carry it. Bur, no ! 

 That was not their way ! " We no favez 

 carry him, we roll him gently , Majfa, den 

 we no break 'em bottles infide" was the reply. 

 In even the moft liberal it is always a tafk to 

 oppp.fe habits confirmed by long ufage — 

 among flaves it were utterly in vain to at- 

 tempt it ! Had we infifted upon the cafe being 

 carried, it is ,more than probable that it had 



