ling round it, amidft the thick cloud of fmoke, 

 to whiff additional fumes from the fhort pipe 

 or fagar, and to join in loud and merry fong. 



Smoking is an univerfal cuftom among 

 them. In order to be at all moments pro- 

 vided for this enjoyment, they carry in their 

 breeches pocket a fhort pipe, about an inch in 

 length from the bowl ; or inftead of this a 

 leaf of tobacco rolled into a fagar. Very 

 often the pipe is fo fhort, or the fagar fo 

 clofely fmoked away, as to be in danger of 

 burning the nofe, or even the lips. I have 

 frequently feen them fmoking with the pipe 

 fo fhort as to hold it in the mouth by preffing 

 with the lips upon the lower part of the bowl. 

 They often kindle their pipes from one an- 

 other's mouths, by putting bowl to bowl and 

 nofe to nofe, and fmoking into each others 

 eyes, until the tobacco has taken fire. 



The food of the negroes is iffued to them 

 weekly, under the infpe&ion of the manager. 

 It is very fimple and but little varied ; break- 

 faft, dinner, and fupper being fimilar to each 

 other, and for the mo ft part the fame through- 

 out the year. It confjfts moftly of Guinea 



