West India Customs and Manners: Containing Strictures on the Soil, Cultivation, Produce, Trade, Officers, and Inhabitants: with the Method of Establishing, and Conducting a Sugar Plantation. To which is Added, the Practice of Training New Slaves. By J. B. Moreton, Esq. A New Edition |
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... whenever I saw any of them peeping through their horrid iron grates -- I suppose it is a passage in St. Paul that induces them to live this recluse life , where he recommends a'married life , but says , “ a single life is better ” .
... whenever I saw any of them peeping through their horrid iron grates -- I suppose it is a passage in St. Paul that induces them to live this recluse life , where he recommends a'married life , but says , “ a single life is better ” .
الصفحة 14
gospel , and is to the following purport : “ That single christians during persecution can pass through adverse fortune better than those who have mates and children to provide for ; " in many parts of scripture a single life is ...
gospel , and is to the following purport : “ That single christians during persecution can pass through adverse fortune better than those who have mates and children to provide for ; " in many parts of scripture a single life is ...
الصفحة 26
It is always a sure fign of getting the better of a fever , when the lips blister and break out . An An ague proceeds from obstructed perspirations , or whatever retards 26 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS a difagreeable taste in your mouth, ...
It is always a sure fign of getting the better of a fever , when the lips blister and break out . An An ague proceeds from obstructed perspirations , or whatever retards 26 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS a difagreeable taste in your mouth, ...
الصفحة 45
After the first crop is taken off there springs up a second one , called rattoons , which often is better than the first . If the estate is a poor soil , there are seldom more than two crops of rattoons taken off till the ground is ...
After the first crop is taken off there springs up a second one , called rattoons , which often is better than the first . If the estate is a poor soil , there are seldom more than two crops of rattoons taken off till the ground is ...
الصفحة 46
... which is commonly reserved for the use of the sick negroes , or converted into rum ; I saw many fine crops ruined through such neglect , and yet the managers were supported better than many industrious experienced planters .
... which is commonly reserved for the use of the sick negroes , or converted into rum ; I saw many fine crops ruined through such neglect , and yet the managers were supported better than many industrious experienced planters .
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