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 44
The small weakly gang of negroes carry the dung on boards or baskets on their
heads , and spread ic thinly in the holes . Mountainous plantations require more
cultivaa tion , manure and labour , than others . The dung being spread in the ...
The small weakly gang of negroes carry the dung on boards or baskets on their
heads , and spread ic thinly in the holes . Mountainous plantations require more
cultivaa tion , manure and labour , than others . The dung being spread in the ...
الصفحة 48
pass through the first and second rollers , they are put in again on the other side ,
between the second and third rollers , so that the canes pass twice through the
mill , after which they are carried and spread about the works till they dry , and ...
pass through the first and second rollers , they are put in again on the other side ,
between the second and third rollers , so that the canes pass twice through the
mill , after which they are carried and spread about the works till they dry , and ...
الصفحة 126
If you wish to get a fine young Mongrel , you must solicit the favour of the mistress
, or give five pounds to the black mother as well as to the tawny daughter . - They
say in their song , “ Come , carry me in a room ; “ Come , carry me in a room ...
If you wish to get a fine young Mongrel , you must solicit the favour of the mistress
, or give five pounds to the black mother as well as to the tawny daughter . - They
say in their song , “ Come , carry me in a room ; “ Come , carry me in a room ...
الصفحة 162
... they are extremely superstitious , and firmly believe that the ghosts of their
dead haunt the plantations for a long time after their death : so positive are they in
this belief that they often , when carrying a corpse to the grave , though perhaps
nor ...
... they are extremely superstitious , and firmly believe that the ghosts of their
dead haunt the plantations for a long time after their death : so positive are they in
this belief that they often , when carrying a corpse to the grave , though perhaps
nor ...
الصفحة 163
as heavy to be carried by men ; so that they sometimes take a whole night to
carry and inter a corpse , straining themselves , seemingly , much as a few failors
at heaving up a best bower . One thing more : I particularly recommend you to be
...
as heavy to be carried by men ; so that they sometimes take a whole night to
carry and inter a corpse , straining themselves , seemingly , much as a few failors
at heaving up a best bower . One thing more : I particularly recommend you to be
...
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