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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... foon as we came to anchor oppofite Madeira , a small African ifland , situated in about 32 ° , N. latitude and 16 ° , 50 ' W. lon- gitude , we got into the small boat , thinking to go on shore without ceremony ; but before we got half ...
... foon as we came to anchor oppofite Madeira , a small African ifland , situated in about 32 ° , N. latitude and 16 ° , 50 ' W. lon- gitude , we got into the small boat , thinking to go on shore without ceremony ; but before we got half ...
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... foon as possible , for wet clothes remaining on till they dry will restrain perspiration , and may bring on an ague ; when your feet get wet , though you be far from any house , take off your shoes and stockings , wash them and let them ...
... foon as possible , for wet clothes remaining on till they dry will restrain perspiration , and may bring on an ague ; when your feet get wet , though you be far from any house , take off your shoes and stockings , wash them and let them ...
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... foon as it is full , and tempered with a small quantity of Bristol lime and lye - water , the black boiler cries out , " Fia ! gran - coppa ! " i . e . Fire ! grand copper ! at which vociferation , a blazing fire is instantly put to the ...
... foon as it is full , and tempered with a small quantity of Bristol lime and lye - water , the black boiler cries out , " Fia ! gran - coppa ! " i . e . Fire ! grand copper ! at which vociferation , a blazing fire is instantly put to the ...
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... foon as the first charge is run off , the lees are let run into a cistern for that purpose , from which they are pumped with a copper pump into a large cooler ; when they cool and settle they are then mixed with the sweets , and serve ...
... foon as the first charge is run off , the lees are let run into a cistern for that purpose , from which they are pumped with a copper pump into a large cooler ; when they cool and settle they are then mixed with the sweets , and serve ...
الصفحة 81
... foon learn to flog without mercy to shew his authority ; but when such get elevated to the exalted sphere of overseer or cowskin hero , and get poffession of a few new negroes , they become proud , infolent , and haughty ; it is a very ...
... foon learn to flog without mercy to shew his authority ; but when such get elevated to the exalted sphere of overseer or cowskin hero , and get poffession of a few new negroes , they become proud , infolent , and haughty ; it is a very ...
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