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constant disputes are taking place respecting their lands. 
A. case camo before tho weekly court of the commandant 
•Evolving property in a palm-tree worth twopenco. The 
judgo advised tho pursuer to withdraw tho case, as the 
•Ecre oxpensos of entering it would bo much more than the 
cost of tho treo. “Oh, no,” said ho; “I havo a piece of 
calico with mo for tho clerk, and money for yourself It’s 
tn y right : I will not l’orogo it.” Tho calico itsolf cost 
three or four shillings. They rojoice if they can say of an 
enemy, “I took him before tho court.” 
My friend Mr. Canto, tho commandant, being seized with 
fever in a sovoro form, it afforded mo much pleasuro to attend 
Aim in his sickness who had been so kind to me in mine 
Mo was for some time in a state of insensibility ; and I, 
having tho chargo of his establishment, had thus an oppor- 
tunity of observing tho workings of slavery. When a 
master is ill, tho slaves run riot among the eatables. I did 
not know this until I observed that every time the sugar- 
basin camo to tho table it was empty. On visiting my 
Patient by night, 1 passed along a corridor, and unexpect- 
edly camo upon the washerwoman eating pineapples and 
sugar. All tho sweetmeats wore devoured, and it was 
difficult for mo to get even bread and butter until I took 
'ho precaution of locking tho pantry-door. Probably the 
8, aves thought that, as both they and tho luxnrios were the 
master’s property, there was no good reason why they 
s hould be kopt apart. 
debarred by my precaution from these sources of enjoy- 
ment, they took to killing the fowls and goats, and, whon 
“bo animal was dead, brought it to mo, saying, “Wo 
°nnd this thing lying out thcro.” They then enjoyed a 
°nst of flesh. A fooling of insecurity prevails throughout 
13 country. It is quito common to furnish visitors with 
0 beys of their rooms. Whon called on to como to break- 
ast 0r dinner, each locks his door and puts tho key in his 
Pocket. At Kolobong wo never locked our doors by night 
° r by day for months together ; but thcro slavery is un- 
