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109 Some of the small farmers who may not be possessed of negroes, will give white man half of their cotton or corn to assist in getting their crop in, and board him at the same time. Thus all sorts of manual labour is well paid in Texas; with large towns cash is paid, in the country by part of the produce. Wood-cutters for shingles & rails & logs! Carpenters, Blacksmiths, Bricklayers, Masons, Mill-rights, Sawyers & in the towns Painters.

  It is the general opinion that the low lands of the coast and a considerable distance inland can only be worked profitable by negro labour, for the white man, even those of Mississippi & the Southern States cannot for any time stand continued exposure to the sun & miasma from the rich & wooded lands, which bring on 

Agues, other fevers & great debility, whereas the negro is but seldom attacked. In the interior, towards the Mountains, & Western Texas (passing the Colorado river) the country is proverbially healthy & if so much cotton cannot be grown there, as in the coast & in the east, another article for exploration may be raised, namely, wool. For in the west the pastures are of the richest character, no boggy lands, & clear running streams & luxurious climate.