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 32
I shall now proceed to give you a short difcription of the island of Jamaica , and of
the people thereof , their manners and customs . “ Curst be the lines , how
smooth fo e'er they fou ' , « That tend to make one honeft man my foe ; « Give
virtue ...
I shall now proceed to give you a short difcription of the island of Jamaica , and of
the people thereof , their manners and customs . “ Curst be the lines , how
smooth fo e'er they fou ' , « That tend to make one honeft man my foe ; « Give
virtue ...
الصفحة 33
Jamaica is the richest of all the British WestIndia islands , and is situated between
17 and 189 north latitude , and between 75 ° and 79 ° west longitude ; it is about
one hundred and fifty miles long , and fixty broad , containing about six ...
Jamaica is the richest of all the British WestIndia islands , and is situated between
17 and 189 north latitude , and between 75 ° and 79 ° west longitude ; it is about
one hundred and fifty miles long , and fixty broad , containing about six ...
الصفحة 56
Jamaica - rum is reputed the best that is made in the West - Indies , because it is
the strongest , and commonly sinks a bubble of twenty - four ; the rum in all the
other British islands might be made equal to that of Jamaica , but it is the fault of ...
Jamaica - rum is reputed the best that is made in the West - Indies , because it is
the strongest , and commonly sinks a bubble of twenty - four ; the rum in all the
other British islands might be made equal to that of Jamaica , but it is the fault of ...
الصفحة 93
... in the windward islands , book - keepers are not permitted to mess at overfeer's
tables , for which reason they are not so much respected as in Jamaica . In the
windward islands the salary is greater , as they must board themselves ; in those
...
... in the windward islands , book - keepers are not permitted to mess at overfeer's
tables , for which reason they are not so much respected as in Jamaica . In the
windward islands the salary is greater , as they must board themselves ; in those
...
الصفحة 119
Ne'er shall my heart forget the pleasing days , I gaily spent once in Jamaica dear
! Sweet fertile ifle , where genial friendly rays , And verdure crown eternally the
year ! Deareft favourite of the torrid zone , Whom nature , bounteous , sheds her ...
Ne'er shall my heart forget the pleasing days , I gaily spent once in Jamaica dear
! Sweet fertile ifle , where genial friendly rays , And verdure crown eternally the
year ! Deareft favourite of the torrid zone , Whom nature , bounteous , sheds her ...
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almoſt alſo amongſt appear attend attorney beſt better book-keepers buſineſs called canes carry cattle cent commonly corn Creole cure dear drink eight eſtate favour feet field firſt five fond four frequently friends gentlemen give ground hands heart hero himſelf horſes houſe human hundred ignorant iſland Jamaica juſtice keep kind known ladies laſt 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 ſame ſay ſee ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſtock ſuch ſugar taken themſelves theſe thing thoſe thouſand till tion town turn uſe waſhed wenches Weſt Indies whole wine wiſh women woods young yourſelf