CHAPTER XXXI.

Negroes: Palliations, _but not excuses_, for former cruelties-- A harsh planter--Crimes of slaves--The little negroes' dinner-hour--A character--Negroes' want of thought--Bartering their weekly provisions--Pilfering--The Rock Dungeon--A Tortolian slave-master--The murdered slave--Branding--Slave cargo--Remarks upon slavery--A good slave-master--A kind attorney--Negro gratitude