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WIld ferns growod waist high along dar den. All kinds of purty flowers and daisies was gathered by de gals. Dem was de best days dat any darky has ever seed. Never had nothing to aggrevate your mind den. Plenty to eat; plenty to wear; plenty wood to burn; good house to live iii; and no worry tbout where it was a~ coming fromi -

“Old Marse he give us de rations fer de barbecues.

Every master wanted his darkies to be- thought well of at de bar-‘ becues by de darkies from all de other plantations. De had pigs barbecued; goats;and de Missus let de wirnmen folks bake pies, cakes and custards fer de barbecue, jes‘ ‘zaotly like hit was fer de white folks barbecue deseif I -

- -	“Young ones carried on- like young colts afrohem‘ in de pasture till dey haddone got so full o‘ vittles dat dey could nOt eat ~iother bite. Den dey roamed on off and set down somewheres to sleep in de shade o‘ de trees. When de sun started to going down den de old folks beginto git ready to return back to dey home plantations, fer dar was de master‘s stock and chickens to feed and put up fer de night, to say nothing T de coiv~ to milk. The master‘ s work had to go on around de big house, kaisa all de darkies had been ‘lowed to have such a pleasant day. Next day being Sad‘day was on dis occasion not only ration day, but de day to git ready fer de ihite folks‘ Camp Meetin‘ which I has already called to recollection several times.

“I has to drap back to my own plantation now;

kaise I guesses dat de e thin~ took place on all de - ~ ~