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 58
I fall next prove clearly , that a grass - penn , or farm , is a better property , and is
attended with less trouble and expence than a sugar plantation . Notmany years
ago , grass - pennswere considered as despicable objects for enterprizing ...
I fall next prove clearly , that a grass - penn , or farm , is a better property , and is
attended with less trouble and expence than a sugar plantation . Notmany years
ago , grass - pennswere considered as despicable objects for enterprizing ...
الصفحة 67
who being properly instructed , will swear to , and prove assertions which he is
totally ignorant of , to effect the acquital of the culprit in conformity with his
engagement , so that he may thereby the better with certainty ingross the prize .
Jews are ...
who being properly instructed , will swear to , and prove assertions which he is
totally ignorant of , to effect the acquital of the culprit in conformity with his
engagement , so that he may thereby the better with certainty ingross the prize .
Jews are ...
الصفحة 110
Notwithstanding the little foibles of Creole women , they have many good
qualifications , and are vastly better than the men , and much cleanlier in some
respects than British or Irish women . It is often the case for the little innocent
country ...
Notwithstanding the little foibles of Creole women , they have many good
qualifications , and are vastly better than the men , and much cleanlier in some
respects than British or Irish women . It is often the case for the little innocent
country ...
الصفحة 141
In Great Britain and Ireland the bearts of the field are better protected by the laws
than Naves in the West Indies : for if a horse or a cow is wantonly killed , or
deprived of the tail or horns , or any way maliciousy maimed , diligent enquiry is
made ...
In Great Britain and Ireland the bearts of the field are better protected by the laws
than Naves in the West Indies : for if a horse or a cow is wantonly killed , or
deprived of the tail or horns , or any way maliciousy maimed , diligent enquiry is
made ...
الصفحة 182
... of contempt and scorn , Are nothing better at the best , Than catterpillers nicely
dreft ; Like catterpillers , too , I think , Those servile buskind - ranters stink . Never
, Never , I beg and beseech you , for your 182 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... of contempt and scorn , Are nothing better at the best , Than catterpillers nicely
dreft ; Like catterpillers , too , I think , Those servile buskind - ranters stink . Never
, Never , I beg and beseech you , for your 182 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
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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