the employer will
question any negro, if confidence can be placed in him, without
giving him cause of suspicion, about all matters connected with
the plantation, if he has any reason to believe that all things
are not going on right.

Rule 7th. As the employer pays the overseer for his time and
attention, it is not to be expected he will receive much
company.

Rule 8th. As the employer employs an overseer, not to please
himself, but the employer, it will be expected that he will
attend strictly to all his instructions. His opinion will be
frequently asked relative to plantation matters, and
respectfully listened to, but it is required they be given in
a polite and respectful manner, and not urged, or insisted
upon; and if not adopted, he must carry into effect the views
of the employer, and with a sincere desire to produce a
successful result. He is expected to carry on all experiments
faithfully and carefully note the results, and he must, when
required by the employer, give a fair trial to all new methods
of culture, and new implements of agriculture.

Rule 9th. As the whole stock will be under immediate charge
of the overseer, it is expected he will give his personal
attention to it, and will accompany the hog feeder once a week
and feed them, and count and keep a correct number of the same.
The hog feeder is required to attend to feeding them every
morning.

Rule 10th. The negroes must be made to obey, and to work,
which may be done by an overseer who attends regularly to his
business, with very little whipping; for much whipping indicates
a bad tempered or an inattentive manager. He must _never_, on
any occasion, unless in self-defense, kick a negro, or strike
him with his fist, or butt end of his whip. No unusual
punishment must be resorted to without the employer's consent.
He is not expected to punish the foreman, except on some
extraordinary emergency that will not allow of delay, until
the employer is consulted. Of this rule the foreman is to be
kept in entire ignorance.

Rule 11th. The sick must be attended to. When sick they are to
make known the fact to him; if in the field, he is requested
to send them to the employer, if at home; and if not, the
overseer is expected to attend to them in person, or sen