FROM MR. FAUX'S MEMORABLE DAYS IN AMERICA
... Leaving Boston to cotlst along for Charleston, t'he Captain discovers a few stray vermin in the cabin, and 1, two whales in sport, spooling water at each other !' ' II dined this day at my cousin Captain Rugeley's with Mr. Irvin and family. At sun set I visited the negro huts, in which I found small nests or beds, full of black babies. The women were cooking corn cakes in pans over the fire. ...