It was vain to dispute with them, although it was often manifest that nothing earthly was ailing them.

They would say, 'Ah! me massa, you no tink how bad me feel--it's _deep in_, massa.' But all this trouble is passed.

We have no sick-house now; no feigned sickness, and really much less actual illness than formerly.

My people say, '_they have not time to be sick now_.' My cultivation has never been so far advanced at the same season, or in finer order than it is at the present time.

I have been encouraged by the increasing industry of my people to bring several additional acres under cultivation."-- _Mr.Hatley, Fry's estate_.
"I get my work done better than formerly, and with incomparably more cheerfulness.