would do all the good offices in his power to promote his future welfare. Mr Froward replied. "Sir, you cannot do me greater service, than to let me know who is my generous benefactor; because it is incumbent upon me to make some acknowledgement." The Master positively refused to do this, and turn'd of the discourse, by asking how he intended to dispose of himself and money. "Sir" says he, "I am not unacquainted with th nature of trade, and labour is now become habitual to me, and as I am well skilled in the cultivation of the sugar cane, I would willingly rent a small plantation of that kind, and work upon it for myself." The planter approved of this design and promised him assistance.
In about a month after, Mr Froward met with a Bargain, agreeable to his substance, and worked upon it as hard as if he had been a real slave, with this difference only, that he could now spare more time in the service of his all-powerful Redeemer. In the interim, his late
