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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c . boarded us ; we were informed by the fat man , ( who was their linguist ) that they were customhouse officers , and that we should have waited till they boarded us , and got their fees , which was a few pounds ...
c . boarded us ; we were informed by the fat man , ( who was their linguist ) that they were customhouse officers , and that we should have waited till they boarded us , and got their fees , which was a few pounds ...
الصفحة 13
to and from their boats ; several lusty yellow fellows stand naked from morning ' till night for that purpose , and are well paid by the different passengers . The chief produce for exportation is wine of an excellent favour and quality ...
to and from their boats ; several lusty yellow fellows stand naked from morning ' till night for that purpose , and are well paid by the different passengers . The chief produce for exportation is wine of an excellent favour and quality ...
الصفحة 15
They will not only shave them with a rusty iron hoop , but lather them with pitch and tar , and duck them in the sea , till they had wished that they never were born ; fo that it will be necessary to lay in five or fix gallons of rum ...
They will not only shave them with a rusty iron hoop , but lather them with pitch and tar , and duck them in the sea , till they had wished that they never were born ; fo that it will be necessary to lay in five or fix gallons of rum ...
الصفحة 16
... buzzing in your ears their disagreeable tunes : they have long tubes or stings , which they pierce through clothes or stockings till they get to the blood ; the consequence is , that whereever they touch , the parts fester , and are ...
... buzzing in your ears their disagreeable tunes : they have long tubes or stings , which they pierce through clothes or stockings till they get to the blood ; the consequence is , that whereever they touch , the parts fester , and are ...
الصفحة 17
... And shook his sacred wand , O'er all the isle , and in the air , And blefs'd both air and land . ” Till not a pois'nous fpiteful thing Above the earth had rang'd , And vile musquittoes lost its sting , And into midges chang'd .
... And shook his sacred wand , O'er all the isle , and in the air , And blefs'd both air and land . ” Till not a pois'nous fpiteful thing Above the earth had rang'd , And vile musquittoes lost its sting , And into midges chang'd .
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almoſt alſo appear attend attorney beſt better book-keepers buſineſs called canes carry cattle cent commonly corn cowſkin Creole cure drink eight eſtate eyes favour feet field firſt five follows fond four frequently friends gentlemen give ground hands heart hero himſelf houſe human hundred ignorant iſland Jamaica juſtice keep kind known ladies leaſt liquor live manager manner maſter means merchants mind miſs Mongrel morning moſt muſt nature Naves negroes never night obliged obſerve once overſeers pain particularly perſon plantation planting pleaſe poor reſpect ſame ſay ſee ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſoon ſtock ſuch ſugar taken themſelves theſe thing thoſe thouſand till town turn uſe waſhed Weſt Indies whole wine wiſh women woods young yourſelf