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well-informed French Planters, my friends, have 
observed to me—“ Mon ami, il vous faut un bon 
46 Econome Fran$ais—mais— ou le trouver je ne 
64 vous dirai pas ;—car ce sont des oiseaux bien 
“ rare.”*—Now as I happen to be precisely of the 
same opinion, and observe the exactitude with which 
they themselves follow the advice they give me, (the 
surest test of its sincerity) I should conceive my¬ 
self justly accused of foliy and want of observa¬ 
tion, were I not to perceive that, as they reside con¬ 
stantly on the spot, and conduct the business them¬ 
selves, the being who acts under them, as an over¬ 
seer, is always prohibited the privilege of either 
thinking or acting. His eyes, to view the perform¬ 
ance of the labour he is to superintend, and ears, 
to receive the orders of his Bourgeois , f are all the 
organs requisite for such a being. This is, however, 
a so much to be envied character, that (if perfect 
happiness is attainable upon earth) add but to his 
privileges of magnioc, pulse, corn and potatoes, 
a bundle of segars, a bottle of new rum in reserve, 
a hammock to loll in during the short periods of 
the suspension of labour, and a coloured mistress, 
and he is in possession of it. 
As in few Coffee Estates is to be found a regular 
uniformity of quality in the soil, the careful Plan¬ 
ter will direct his attention to those parts which re¬ 
quire a greater portion of labour, and the assistance 
of 
* “ My friend, yon should have a good French Manager—but 
“ where you will find him I will not say ;—for it is a species of 
“ beings very scarce.” f Employer. 
