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by his master ; and therefore the baskets issued to 
them for his use are not very carefully husbanded. 
It carries all the articles which the Negro takes to 
market; and his plants, &c. to his ground : And 
if it was to be replaced as often as they would wear 
it out, you might devote half the gang to the trade 
of basket-making. Therefore some Estates, after once 
issuing them, furnish no more; but make the Negroes 
replace them themselves : Others furnish them oc¬ 
casionally with new ones, but few so frequently as 
annually : And the way these baskets are procured 
is by sending an elderly or easiest to be spared 
Negro into the woods for the withes, and employ¬ 
ing another (or two) who may be disabled from 
work by a sore leg, or other complaint, which does 
not disable his hands, to work up these withes into 
baskets. 
The quantity of Coffee which each Negro can 
pick in a day varies. Simple as is the operation, 
some are more expert at it than others ; and it is 
a good picker who gathers a barrel, or four quarts, 
per day. 
Each of the larger baskets ought to contain two 
quarts, or half a barrel ; and the driver, seeing each 
Negro before him, conducts them each noon and 
evening from the field to the mill-house, where an 
inspection takes place by the manager or overseer ; 
and delinquents, who fail in exhibiting full baskets, 
are punished. 
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