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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الصفحة 41
17 The trees are amazing high , appearing to touch the cloud - capt towers , and are always vocal with the music of variety of birds , particularly parrots , paroquets , wood - peckers , and doves of various kinds : the mournful cooing ...
17 The trees are amazing high , appearing to touch the cloud - capt towers , and are always vocal with the music of variety of birds , particularly parrots , paroquets , wood - peckers , and doves of various kinds : the mournful cooing ...
الصفحة 45
... or by cutting some of them with a sharp knife , and observing the grain : if it appears . soft and moist , like a potatoe or turnip , it is too green : but if dry , and white particles appear , you may be sure that the cane is ripe ...
... or by cutting some of them with a sharp knife , and observing the grain : if it appears . soft and moist , like a potatoe or turnip , it is too green : but if dry , and white particles appear , you may be sure that the cane is ripe ...
الصفحة 49
... without exposing his conftitution to the menial , coilsome , and painful drudgeries of an overseer's life , for three , four , or five years : He may attempt it , -- but how insignificant and aukward must a man appear , who attempts ...
... without exposing his conftitution to the menial , coilsome , and painful drudgeries of an overseer's life , for three , four , or five years : He may attempt it , -- but how insignificant and aukward must a man appear , who attempts ...
الصفحة 89
... to gentlemen to have families on their estates ; a woman quires attendance , and may incriere with the managenient , so as to influence her husband in the government of the rod ; besides , a lovely amiable white appear as an angel ...
... to gentlemen to have families on their estates ; a woman quires attendance , and may incriere with the managenient , so as to influence her husband in the government of the rod ; besides , a lovely amiable white appear as an angel ...
الصفحة 98
lodging ; and though one gets a salary of 1501 . or 200l . sterling per annum , he cannot save fixpence , if he lives and appears in the manner clerks generally do ; nay , it will be good economy if he keeps himfelf clear of debt ...
lodging ; and though one gets a salary of 1501 . or 200l . sterling per annum , he cannot save fixpence , if he lives and appears in the manner clerks generally do ; nay , it will be good economy if he keeps himfelf clear of debt ...
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| العنوان | 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 |
| المؤلف | J. B. Moreton |
| الناشر | J. Parsons; W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1793 |
| أصلي من | المكتبة البريطانية |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 21 تشرين الأول (أكتوبر) 2013 |
| عدد الصفحات | 192 من الصفحات |
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