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corn, with a fmall bit of fait meat — or fait 

 fifh. Formerly a bunch of plantains was 

 given to each Have as the weekly allowance ; 

 but the plantain walks being moftly worn 

 out, this is become an expenfive provifion. 

 Rice, maize, yams, eddoes, and fweet po- 

 tatoes form an occafional change, but the 

 Guinea corn is, commonly, iffued as the 

 weekly fupply ; and in order to obtain fome 

 variety of food, they barter this in exchange 

 for other provifions, or fell it for money, and 

 with that buy fait meat or vegetables. We 

 occafionally fee them offering the Guinea 

 corn for fale ; and on being afked why they 

 fell it, they thus exprefs themfelves — "Me 

 no like for have him Guinea corn always ! 

 Mafia gib me Guinea corn too much — Guinea 

 corn to-day — Guinea corn to-morrow — Gui- 

 nea corn eb'ry day — Me no like him Guinea 

 corn — him Guinea corn no good for gnhyaam." 



The weekly fupply being iffued to them 

 on the Sunday, it becomes their own care 

 how to hufband it fo as to have a fufficiency 

 of food until the following Sabbath. Thofe 

 who are induftrious have little additions of 

 their own, either from vegetables grown on 



