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nife. We had alfo Seltzer and Spa waters, 

 likewife bottled fmall beer, ale, and porter, with 

 brandy, rum, Hollands, noyeau, and other 

 liqueurs — all in fupply fufficient for a lord, 



mayor's feaft. 



After our good eating and drinking we 

 took a walk about the plantation, and found 

 every corner of it equally plenteous as the 

 table and the cellar. Such a ftore of living 

 ftock, both large and fmall, I had not feen I 

 upon any eftate fince my arrival in the Weft- 

 ern world. Here were large herds of cows, 

 oxen, fheep, and goats ; droves of hogs, horfes, 

 and mules ; flocks of geefe, turkies, ducks, 

 Guinea fowls, and chickens. A more gratify- 

 ing afTemblage of domeftic plenty could fcarcely 

 be found in any country. Among the ftock I 

 fhould not omit to mention a pen of Jiving 

 turtles kept in readinefs for the table : — whole 

 droves of crabs were alfo running about near 

 the door ; — and the neighbouring fea is, at all 

 times made tributary to the board. Several 

 hundreds of negroes employed at work, or 

 moving from place to place, improved the 

 variety of the fcene ; while they added effen- 

 tially to the value of the home — for, like the 



