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SCENEHV. 



scuhmI the heavens, had j)fissed away : the mu, 

 attoiit to sot, cast a n-d i^low over the l>eautifid 

 scenery of Helds of gohkn grain ; uuiucrous herds 



patts of the admme fkukm ^ tli^ ^6^e^% dmtp^ 

 ing, yoimg manna trees, and the somhre foliage of 

 till' Baiihta, or honeysuckle ; tlie picturesque 

 wooded hills, with declivities covered with verdure 

 to the plaii^Jte^tib mid fittthesi vse^ t^- 

 mnati^ Ibf distant mountains, Ibtmed a spXen^ 

 did prospect. 



M}' attention was recnOed from tlie eujovmeut 

 of this tranquil scene, by the noisy revelry of the 

 blacks, whose approaches im^s jdhrlli^t&ii 



The camp was now one scene of tumult lilld ^©Hi- 

 fusion : the Imts, of a weak and tcnijiornrv con- 

 struction, were thro w^n down; the men, inebriated 

 mth phasing the women and chil- 



dmnnlh 6^ki, who^ scamped may fo* ^emw^ 

 the pniSiStoient awarded to their mockery : nu- 

 merous curses, HI English, procetMled from the 

 lips of the inebriated blacks, being terms more 

 fiuxpressive than any their limited language conld 

 affdrd^ A$ the men awi^^ women screamed 

 and talked incesS83*tIy^ 



One of them came to me the ft)Iln\ving morn- 

 ing, and said, You ought give black feller 



