The outlay for jobbing gangs on Worthy Park rapidly diminished.
[Footnote 21: The "fatal habit of eating dirt" is described by Thomas Roughley in his _Planter's Guide_ (London.

1823) pp.

118-120.] The list of slaves at the beginning of 1794 is the only one giving full data as to ages, colors and health as well as occupations.

The ages were of course in many cases mere approximations.

The "great house negroes" head the list, fourteen in number.