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 endued with spirit of emulation, would not suffer himself ioto [sic] be outdone by any of his fellow-slaves. The surperintendant observing his extraordinary affiuityaffinity [sic], could not help taking notice of him, and would frequently give him encouragement, either by calling him off to go on a trivial errand, or by thrusting some money into his hand He behaved in this manner near two years, when his Master was informed of his good disposition, and removed him from that- laborious employment to an easier, where he had more frequent opportunities of paying odoration to that Almighty Being, who supported him under all his afflictions. In these intervals, he was generally found with a book in his hand, or on his knees, from which practice, he received great consolation, as he often assured me.

At the expiration of three years, Sir Thomas Thoroughgood, who made previous enquiry after his fellow-prentices behaviour abroad, sent orders to his agent in Jamaica, to purchase Mr.