The states which are overburthened with negroes which they cannot comfortably support; * * and THE NEGRO HIMSELF WOULD EXCHANGE A SCANTY PITTANCE OF THE COARSEST FOOD, for a plentiful and nourishing diet; and a situation which admits not the most distant prospect of emancipation, for one which presents no considerable obstacle to his wishes.

[Scanty exports.]

Scanty hair, parted slantingly, combed high, and held by a large comb.

"Poor child!" "Dear grandfather," cried the girl, with an energy which shone in her flushed face, trembling voice, and impassioned, gestures, "O, hear me pray that we may beg, or work in open roads or fields, to earn a scanty living, rather than live as we do now.

Some flying fish were caught in the raft; which, mixed up with human flesh, afforded one scanty meal.

these impossible things were all foundin scanty measure, no doubt, and somewhat capriciously; but still the means for learning were provided for his greed of knowledge.

Scanty mention was there of La Salle and Tontz Main de Fer, and much of Père François Xavier, but it was clear, explicit, depicting the advantages of an acquisition of this territory to the crown of France in glowing terms, and strongly advising that the man who had most distinguished himself in the difficulties of its discovery should be appointed as governor, or baron, under the royal authority.

[Scanty data available.]

At Cebu and Negros a little more attention is paid to its cultivation; [Scanty production.]