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loft their friends and ajjociates in the morn- 

 ing" Aye ! truly, I could have replied — a 

 very powerful reafon why they are unfit for 

 fale this afternoon ! If to he of fmiling coun- 

 tenance were neceffary to their being fold, it 

 were politic not to expgfe them for long to 

 come. Still, fome were felefted, and the 

 mark of purchafe being made, the diftrefsful 

 fcene of the morning was, in a degree, re- 

 peated. 



A few of the moft ill-looking, only, now 

 remained, who were meager, and of rough 

 fkin — not thoroughly black, but of ayellowifh, 

 or dirty brown color — of hungry, unhealthy 

 afpedt, feeble, of hideous countenance, and in 

 general appearance fcarcely human. Thefe 

 remained to a future day, and would, probably, 

 be fold, not to the planters, but to the boat- 

 women, tailors, huckfters, or fome of the infe- 

 rior mechanics, or fiiopkeepers of the town, at 

 a price fome what lower than that demanded for 

 the more robuft, and well-looking ; and, alas ! 

 though leaft able to bear fatigue, thefe feeble 

 beings would, moft likely, be fuhjeclied to a 

 far more heavy flavery than thofe of ftronger 

 frame, for it is, commonly, feen that the labour 



