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 own country ſhould attend their wants, and that one of the ſame deſcription ſhould ſuperintend their work. The whip ſhould be diſmiſſed; and ſugar and water given to them when they become weary, or the fun is intenſely hot. They ought not to be ſent out too ſoon in the morning, nor continue too late in the evening, particularly in the rainy ſeaſons; when I think that all, without exception, (more eſpecially thoſe who are nurſes) ſhould be much indulged. They may be employed in the work already mentioned, or in chopping paſtures, cleaning young canes, dropping dung, or attending the tradeſmen; and theſe I would recommend to be their ſole employment, for at leaſt one year, and altogether in one gang; and during which period, I would not ſuffer them upon any account to go into a cane piece after the traſh begins to fall, as it is very apt to excoriate the ſkin, and leave ulcers behind, that are not eaſily cured by time and application. So ſoon as they ſhall know how to open and cultivate a ground, and the overſeer ſhall be aſſured that they are capable, and willing to make it their future dependence, he