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penters are employed in the woods in making the frame, 

 which they put up, board in, and complete; he then pur- 

 chases a few kegs of white lead and jugs of linseed oil, and 

 sets his carpenters about painting it. Therefore, a planter 

 with all these advantages, knocks up a snug litde box in three 

 or four weeks, without feeling the cxpence of it; while a mer- 

 chant is obliged to go cap in hand to a master carpenter residing 

 in Stabroek, " to know when it will be convenient for him to 

 set about his house, and that he shall feel himself much obliged 

 if he will do it immediately." These master carpenters are 

 very high fellows, make exorbitant bills, and sometimes will 

 not work without being paid before hand. On the whole, I 

 cannot blame them; public carpenters are scarse; they, there- 

 fore, like the rest of mankind, know and use their power. 

 The same is true of the blacksmiths, millwrights, masons, 

 coppersmiths, coach and harness makers, or repairers, saddlers, 

 watchmakers, and goldsmiths. It is necessarily the case in 

 all new countries, and as it is the natural order of things, and 

 the cause of inviting fresh settlers, nothing should be urged 

 against it. 



Bridge town and New town, both built by the English, 

 lie between Stabroek and Labourgade; the former was built 

 almost wholly by an individual, who, when the demand for 

 houses was so great, made of it an advantageous speculation. 

 It haF, however, now degenerated, and is become the mere 



