SETTUEMENTS ON THE DEMERARY, &C. 4'5 



ally he attracted by their kinswomen into habits of intercourse 

 and civilization. Young imen, who have not regular ^st^b- 

 iishments, hire small houses an the suburbs of Stabroek and 

 Gwmingsburgh, where they invite their friends in an evening 

 ito smoak segars, and are enabled to indulge in the customs of 

 ithe colony. 



f! >As iDutchmen and other foreigners in the colonies differ 

 )in siome points oif iheir living and household economy from 

 the English, a short sketch of them may not prove unac- 

 ceptable. 



Their general hour of rising is with the sun, about a quarter 

 before six, when they make their appearance in a morning 

 gown and slippers, in the portico or piazza of the house, 

 where a female negro is in waiting with the coffee equipage. 

 After a Dutch planter has taken a dish or two of strong coffee, 

 with little ox no sugar in it, the yonge, or boy, brings him his 

 ^pipe, tobacco, and flask of gin : with these he enjoys himself 

 till between nine and ten o'clock, when he is visited by the 

 -baas, or overseer of the estate, who reports progress, and re- 

 ceives orders as to preparing produce for sale or shipment, and 

 jany thing else which is needful to be done on the estate. He 

 then dresses himself, calls for a glass of water and a napkin to 

 wash his face and hands with. I scarcely ever saw a hand- 

 basin in any of their houses, even where there are white 



