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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J. B. Moreton. to and from their boats ; several lusty yellow fel- lows 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 ...
J. B. Moreton. to and from their boats ; several lusty yellow fel- lows 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 ...
الصفحة 34
... stand on a large airy plain , on that end of the town called the Parade , leading to Spanish Town , and Liquanea ; the church is a tolerable elegant building ; it is a pity that the morals of the peo- ple are not corrected , so as to ...
... stand on a large airy plain , on that end of the town called the Parade , leading to Spanish Town , and Liquanea ; the church is a tolerable elegant building ; it is a pity that the morals of the peo- ple are not corrected , so as to ...
الصفحة 36
... thirteen miles from Kingston ; the road is quite level , and the best in the island . The king's house , in which the governor refides , and , $ 1 and where the affemblies are held , stands in the 36 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... thirteen miles from Kingston ; the road is quite level , and the best in the island . The king's house , in which the governor refides , and , $ 1 and where the affemblies are held , stands in the 36 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 37
... stands on a fandy beach , surrounded by the fea , the inha- bitants are obliged to get their fresh water from Rochfort , or Kingston ; there are wherries hourly passing and repassing , between these places ; the usual fare for a boat ...
... stands on a fandy beach , surrounded by the fea , the inha- bitants are obliged to get their fresh water from Rochfort , or Kingston ; there are wherries hourly passing and repassing , between these places ; the usual fare for a boat ...
الصفحة 50
... stand at the coppers , and pack whole hours daily and nightly , and take his monthly spell in the distill - house ; but the gene- rality of managers think they have got a proper knowledge knowledge of all these , without ever handling a ...
... stand at the coppers , and pack whole hours daily and nightly , and take his monthly spell in the distill - house ; but the gene- rality of managers think they have got a proper knowledge knowledge of all these , without ever handling a ...
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