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c H A P. Ihips which I had fo lately undergone ftill had an effect 

 ^^J,^^L^ upon my conftitution, and enormous boils broke out on 

 my left thigh, which entirely prevented me from walk- 

 ing- My phyfician, however, ordering me daily to take 

 the air^ I had an opportunity this day of waiting on his 

 excellency the Governor of the colony, by the help of my 

 friend Kennedy's chaife ; and as I returned homeward, 

 I flopped the carriage at the water -fide, to behold a 

 group of human beings, who had ftrongly attracted my 

 attention. This group I fhall circumftantially endea- 

 vour to defcribe. They were a drove of newly-im- 

 ported negroes, men and women, with a few children, 

 who were juft landed from on baard a Guinea Ihip that 

 lay at anchor in the roads, to be fold for flaves. The 

 whole party was fuch a fet of fcarcely animated automa- 

 tons, fuch a refurredlion of fkin and bones,, as forcibly 

 reminded me of the laft trumpet. Thefe objedls ap- 

 peared that moment to be rifen from the grave, or efcaped 

 from Surgeon's Hall ; and I confefs I can give no better 

 defcription of them, than by comparing them to walk- 

 ing fkelstons covered over with a piece of tanned 

 leather. 



« And the Lord caufed me to pafs by them round 

 « about, and behold there were many in the open vaU 

 « ley, and lo they were very dry., 



" And he faid unto me, Son of Man, can thefe bones 

 <Mive? And I anfwered, O Lord God thou knoweit" 



—Ezekie/, xxxvii. ver, 3. 



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