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Mr. Fenner wittily obferved that the labour 

 of one negro effected it all. This was an un- 

 common example of xnduftry in flaves, for 

 fo luxuriant are the weeds and fo rapid the 

 vegetation in this climate, that it is always 

 difficult to maintain a garden in, even, toler- 

 able neatnefs of appearance : but, here, two 

 fingle arms fubdued the obtrufive weeds, and 

 kept the garden in far better order than many 

 others we had feen, upon which the time and 

 labour of three or four robuft flaves were 

 conftantiy expended. 



In the courfe of the evening we were 

 conducted to the logis to fee the flaves en- 

 gaged at their employment of ginning cotton* 

 The building was very extenfive, and we 

 were led by way of a gloomy flaircafe to the 

 upper ftory, where the blacks were all employ- 

 ed in one deep room which ran through the 

 whole length of the logis, and which from 

 the fcene fuddenly breaking upon us, createcl 

 ftrong ideas of the regions of old Pluto, The 

 ftairs opened at one end of the long building, 

 and the eye at once looked down an irmnea- 

 furable depth of glimmering darknels, through 



