Sometimes a madness of revolt comes over me, and I long to ravage all the places I see, all the people I know--or nearly all.

Why I do not have negroes thrashed and mutilated, as some do, I know not.

Over against the southern shore in the parish of St.Elizabeth is an estate called Salem, owned, it is said, by an American, where the manager does such things.

I am told that savageries are found there.

There are too many absentee owners of land in this island, and the wrongs done by agents who have no personal honour at stake are all too plentiful.