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Rh another taylor [sic] "marked on both shoulders I T, and right shoulder R G."—In the Cornwall Chronicle of Oct. 10, 1789, a runaway is advertised named "Prince, branded on the back, with a cattle mark TH."—In the Kingston Morning Post of Nov. 4, 1789, we find again, seven runaways from one proprietor, viz. "an old woman with her two sons and two daughters, one of them very big with child," also a field negro and a carpenter. In the supplement to the Cornwall Chronicle of Nov. 7, 1789, there are 135 runaways advertised, viz. 48 with, and 87 without brands. Of the former some have two, three, and four brands on the face, breasts, and shoulders. One in particular is "marked D E on both cheeks and left shoulder." Among those not branded is "a woman with a wooden leg." One man is distinguished by having "both ears cropt [sic]" and another by "his nose and ears being cut off."—In the Jamaica Daily Advertiser of Feb. 11, 1791, we find six runaways advertised by one owner, viz. two men and four women, besides a girl child of one of the latter. Both the men and two of the women are of one family, being an old woman, her brother, her son, and her grand nephew (marked R D C) and who absented themselves at different times.— An advertisement in the Jamaica Daily Advertiser of Feb. 24, 1791, begins thus :—" Feb. 22, 1791, Escaped on Sunday last with a chain and collar round his neck, a negro man of the Mandingo country, marked TY 4 on top," &c. Inb 2