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<s Never turn back any.—A Negro presents him- 
64 self in the morning (especially on Mondays) Mas- 
14 ter> lam sick /—his eye is clear, his tongue clean, 
44 his skin cool, and his belly soft. It is ten to one 
44 but he pretends illness ; yet, perhaps, he has occa- 
44 sion for a few days rest. Let him go to the 
44 hospital ; take away the pipe ; put him upon 
44 low diet, with plenty of water and clysters ; and 
54 he will be glad to be dismissed, after two or three 
44 days. 
44 Let the Drivers have a watchful eye in this 
respect. A good Negro is seen to slacken at his 
44 work, or to fail at his meals : let him be sent im- 
44 mediately to the hospital, and, of course, to the 
44 Master (or Manager’s) previous examination. 
44 Another has a small excoriation on his leg : let 
ce him be sent instantly ; otherwise a large sore 
44 may be the consequence ; and what might have 
44 been cured in three days may last perhaps fora 
44 month. The surest way in such cases is to put 
44 those laid up for sores in the stocks. Negroes 
44 fond of labour dislike the confinement of the hos- 
44 pital, and it must be such that must be princi- 
44 pally watched. On the contrary, there are 
44 others, who irritate an accidental sore, or actu- 
44 ally form one, in order to lay up. For those 
44 the hospital should be made as disagreeable as 
44 possible. When cured, and convicted, they 
44 ought to be punished. 
44 It is not, ” continues this Author, 44 in our 
I 44 power 
