[16] Sir William Young has a series of pictures, in which the negroes in our plantations are justly and pleasingly exhibited in various scenes.
[17] The Angola blacks are the most ferocious. The author does not boast, like Abyssinian Yakoob, “of no ungracious figure”: nor does he, like another beau garçon, Mr. Gibbon, prefix his pleasing countenance to captivate the ladies.
Transcriber’s notes
All original spellings and punctuation have been retained, except as noted.
[Title page]: “By James Boswell, Esq.” is handwritten below “P O E M.”
[Erratum]: the change of “mighty” to “magick” has been made.
[Line 9]: “Thurlow” is handwritten above “T——”.
Line 12, [footnote 2]: “Sedet eternumqre sedebit” corrected to “Sedet eternumque sedebit”.