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the mortification to find that the means he had employed to em- 

 barrass and enslave me, restored me to Uberty. 



In the letter which announced my determination to give up the 

 employ, I thought proper to omit stating to His Excellency Don Ro- 

 drigo the reasons that led me to this step,. Had that nobleman been 

 apprised of the disagreeable circumstances in which I was placed, 

 he would, I am confident, have done his utmost to remove them, 

 but I deemed it beneath me to remonstrate, seeing that while this 

 man remained I was to be considered as serving the Prince's servant 

 and not the Prince. A condition so degrading must ever deter any 

 Englishman from undertaking to execute the excellent and en- 

 lightened plans which His Royal Highness's ministers fiave projected, 

 for improving the agriculture of Santa Cruz; for who would submit 

 to the dictates of an underling, whose arrogance and obstinacy are 

 continually interrupting and frustrating those plans 

 • On my return to Rio de Janeiro, the Prince sent for me, and de- 

 sired me again and again to return to Santa Cruz ; I contented my- 

 self with a simple excuse ; for that was not a time, nor was I in a 

 place to enter into explanations. It is well known, that a system 

 of intrigue prevails near His Royal Highness's person, which often 

 tends to counteract representations on matteis of the greatest ina- 

 portance. 



