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 ſo much wok is loſt in their attendance upon their infants: but a man who looks forward ſhould conſider that theſe young ſhoots, when become ſaplings, will be fit for a variety of uſes, and when grown up will be the future ſupports of the plantation. Thoſe properties that do not raiſe, muſt be obliged to purchaſe ſtrength; and to thoſe of this way of thinking I can only oppoſe my opinion, while they are left the free indulgence of theirs. I ſhould imagine that there are few planters who would not rejoice at the ſight of a long liſt of negro children, as it muſt reflect ſome credit upon their humanity, that of the overſeer, and upon the value of their negroes; for I have always obſerved thoſe to be the moſt ſteady, the moſt quiet, the moſt obedient, and their labour the moſt to be depended upon, who