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 53
At the beginning of crop , probably there may not be good lees remaining since
the last year , in which case there must be a greater quantity of skimmings than
usual set ; if there are no molasses , seventy per cent . of skimmings , and thirty
per ...
At the beginning of crop , probably there may not be good lees remaining since
the last year , in which case there must be a greater quantity of skimmings than
usual set ; if there are no molasses , seventy per cent . of skimmings , and thirty
per ...
الصفحة 55
... and that divided into an hundred equal parts , and marked so on the rod ; then
if molasses be thrown into a cistern until it is eight of those parts deep ,
confequently , let it be ever so large , that is eight per cent .; again , if skimmings
be put in ...
... and that divided into an hundred equal parts , and marked so on the rod ; then
if molasses be thrown into a cistern until it is eight of those parts deep ,
confequently , let it be ever so large , that is eight per cent .; again , if skimmings
be put in ...
الصفحة 67
... at five hundred per cent . The first of December , I think , was the day , That I set
off from Charlestown for Cape Françoise , In company with monsieurs Quaver
and Quiver , ( Two men of fortune , most noble and clever ) ; Likewise Mr.
Randum ...
... at five hundred per cent . The first of December , I think , was the day , That I set
off from Charlestown for Cape Françoise , In company with monsieurs Quaver
and Quiver , ( Two men of fortune , most noble and clever ) ; Likewise Mr.
Randum ...
الصفحة 99
... he may push himself into credit , get bargains at vendue , keep a favourite
wench , and make her retail them at cent . per cent . profit ; or such a person 1
person may infinuate himself into the favour of the IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS
. 99.
... he may push himself into credit , get bargains at vendue , keep a favourite
wench , and make her retail them at cent . per cent . profit ; or such a person 1
person may infinuate himself into the favour of the IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS
. 99.
الصفحة 100
1 person may infinuate himself into the favour of the public , rent a store and turn
vendue master ; the five per cent . commission on all goods he difposes of is sure
and safe profit , and in time he may make some money , get credit , and turn ...
1 person may infinuate himself into the favour of the public , rent a store and turn
vendue master ; the five per cent . commission on all goods he difposes of is sure
and safe profit , and in time he may make some money , get credit , and turn ...
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