The snuff of salt air did me good.
"Then we went on to a garden of roses, owned and cultivated by a colored woman.

She has some twenty acres devoted to flowers and vegetables, and she owns twenty 'niggers.' The universal term for slaves is 'niggers.' 'Nigger, bring that horse,' 'Nigger, get out of the way,' will be said by the finest gentleman, and 'My niggers' is said by every one.
"I do not believe that the slaves are badly treated; there may be cases of it, but I have seen them only sleek, fat, and lazy.
"The old buildings of Charleston please me exceedingly.

The houses are built of brick, standing end to the street, three stories in height, with piazza above piazza at the side; with flower gardens around, and magnolias at the gates; the winding steps to the mansions festooned with roses.
"I have just called on Miss Rutledge, who lives in the second oldest house in the city; herself a fine specimen of antiquity, in her double-ruffled cap and plaided black dress; she chatted away like a young person, using the good old English.
"April 26.

To-day Mr.Capers called on me.

I was pleased with the account he gave me of his college life, and of a meeting held by his class thirty years after they graduated.