Negroes: A little change for the better​—​“Shadows nursed by night retire”​—​Respect to age​—​Filial affection​—​Generosity​—​Their kindness to the poorer class of whites​—​Cleanliness​—​the opposite vice​—​Behaviour at church​—​A black exhorter​—​Reading and writing​—​An anecdote

[CHAPTER XXXVIII.]

Negroes: Their amusements​—​Natural ear for music​—​Singing​—​Dancing​—​Subscription routs​—​Christmas balls​—​The ball-room decorations​—​Ball dresses​—​Gentlemen’s appearance​—​Ladies’​—​Politeness​—​Supper, and the supper-table​—​The morning after a ball​—​Cards of invitation​—​The “good night.”

[CHAPTER XXXIX.]

Negroes: Fondness for “Nancy stories”​—​Negro loquacity​—​Their signification of the word “cursing”​—​Markets​—​Confusion of tongues​—​Weddings​—​The drive to church​—​Wedding banquet​—​Blushing brides​—​Funerals​—​“Wake nights”​—​Funeral procession​—​Christening​—​High-sounding names

[CHAPTER XL.]

Negroes: Further sentences upon “dress”​—​Sunday transformations​—​The black cook and his metamorphosis​—​Christmas waits​—​Negro houses​—​The mode of building upon estates​—​Town negro houses​—​Architecture​—​The mode of moving houses

[CHAPTER XLI.]

Negroes: Occupations​—​Agricultural labourers​—​Black sailors​—​Their excessive gormandizing​—​The hungry captain’s disappointment​—​Black cooks​—​“Melted butter”​—​A receipt for a cookery book​—​The obtrusive fish​—​Grooms and “house boys”​—​An old planter’s opinion​—​Concluding remarks

[CHAPTER XLII.]