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 EditionJ. Parsons; W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1793 - 192 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 11
... sometimes I have been almost induced to think I was failing through a flaming phosphorus . I shall here submit an extract from a poem which I wrote on my first voyage . When Sol , each day , withdrew his beams of light , And fable ...
... sometimes I have been almost induced to think I was failing through a flaming phosphorus . I shall here submit an extract from a poem which I wrote on my first voyage . When Sol , each day , withdrew his beams of light , And fable ...
الصفحة 12
... sometime after , a low , fat , swarthy man , who could speak a little broken English , accompanied by two curious ill - looking fellows , yellow , tall and meagre , with black ragged coats and gold lace hats , small swords , & c . & c ...
... sometime after , a low , fat , swarthy man , who could speak a little broken English , accompanied by two curious ill - looking fellows , yellow , tall and meagre , with black ragged coats and gold lace hats , small swords , & c . & c ...
الصفحة 42
... sometime before day ; and about eigit or nine o'clock the markets are all over , and the provisions either fold or carried away . The sea and rivers abound with great variety of excellent fish . In wet weather there are plenty of duck ...
... sometime before day ; and about eigit or nine o'clock the markets are all over , and the provisions either fold or carried away . The sea and rivers abound with great variety of excellent fish . In wet weather there are plenty of duck ...
الصفحة 79
... sometimes with porter , cheese , and hams ; the estates supply them with vegetables , corn , sugar , rum , coffee , and cho- colate ; so that as to eating and drinking , over- feers and book - keepers live very well ; they all mess ...
... sometimes with porter , cheese , and hams ; the estates supply them with vegetables , corn , sugar , rum , coffee , and cho- colate ; so that as to eating and drinking , over- feers and book - keepers live very well ; they all mess ...
الصفحة 90
... Sometimes I just take a ride , Over the plantation wide ; Or at home I strut and stride , A famous cowskin hero ! My book - keepers I humble , Humble as the canine race ; When they attempt to grumble , I furely kick them out of place ...
... Sometimes I just take a ride , Over the plantation wide ; Or at home I strut and stride , A famous cowskin hero ! My book - keepers I humble , Humble as the canine race ; When they attempt to grumble , I furely kick them out of place ...
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