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enfured and fweetened to them by labour — 

 and the head needs no pillow but the arm. 

 Some who, by means of induftry and cccono- 

 niy, are more advanced in their little com- 

 forts, procure a kind of matting, a paillaffe 

 of plantain leaves, or fome other fpecies of 

 bedding, to defend them from the rough 

 plank ; but this is an indulgence felf-attained, 

 not a neceflary provided by the mafter. The 

 architecture of their little huts is as rude as 

 it is fimple. A roof of plantain leaves, with 

 a few rough boards, nailed to the coarfe pil- 

 lars which fupport it, forms the whole build- 

 ing.— The leeward-fide is commonly left in 

 part open, and the roof proje&s to fome dis- 

 tance over the door-way, forming a defence 

 againft both the fun and the rain. 



Notwithftanding the great heat experienced 

 by Europeans, the negroes feel the evenings 

 chilly, and we frequently fee them crowding 

 round the bit of fire which they make for cook- 

 ing their fupper. This is commonly in the 

 open air near to the door of the hut ; but they 

 fometimes place it upon the middle of the 

 dirt floor withinfide the building — where 

 they feem to have great enjoyment in fquat- 



