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A few days ago I joined a fmall party 

 from the fort, in an excurfion to fome of the 

 planters' eftates up the river Kannye, and was 

 particularly gratified in viewing the rich plan- 

 tation of Mynheer Ongre. We breakfafted 

 and fet off at an early hour, in order to have 

 the day before us, and arrived at this gentle- 

 man's abode juft as he was fitting down to his 

 Dutch breakfaft of very excellent crab foup, 

 fome fine fifh, a tongue, and a variety of other 

 good things. It is the cuftom of the Dutch 

 to take coffee in bed, or as foon as they rife, 

 and to make a more fubftantial breakfaft of 

 foup and folids about ten o'clock. After par- 

 taking of this repaft, we were conducted about 

 the eftate, which is rich and well cultivated, 

 yielding abundance of coffee, cocoa, and fome 

 cotton. The annual produce of coffee is 

 eftimated at 140,0001b. weight, and of cocoa 

 io,ooolb. Two hundred flaves are employed 

 upon the eftate, calculated at the value of from 

 50L to iool. each. The houfe is handfome 

 and fpacious — the plantation extenfive, and 

 the coffe elogis upon a very large fcale : the 

 whole exhibiting the appearance of fertility 

 and opulence. Having vifited the fields of 

 coffee, and the cocoa plantation, we next went 



