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as it was light enough to see you could make out the dark form's of the niggers pulling big coal barges backwards and forwards across the harbour. What took my eye the most was the niggers coaling the boat which we were on, the way they chatter and the row they make when chattering would nealy send you mad. They were also around the boat like flies, wanting us to throw a silver coin into the water for them to dive for, and I may say there was a few halfpennys covered with silver paper thrown in too. While at this place we went ashore for a rout march through the city, which are all planted with

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