The increasing attention paid to the cultivation of their private provision grounds is further proof of their foresight.

For some time subsequent to emancipation, as long as the people were in an unsettled state, they partially neglected their grounds.

The reason was, they did not know whether they should remain on the same estate long enough to reap their provisions, should they plant any.

This state of uncertainty very naturally paralyzed all industry and enterprise; and their neglecting the cultivation of their provision grounds, _under such circumstances_, evinced foresight rather than improvidence.

Since they have become more permanently established on the estates, they are resuming the cultivation of their grounds with renewed vigor.
Said Dr.Daniell--"There is an increasing attention paid by the negroes to cultivating their private lands, since they have become more permanently settled." 6th.