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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الصفحة 41
... beans and pease , cabbage , lettuce , raddish , & c . with Indian and Guinea corn , yams , plantains , cafsavi , & c . & c . D The The pastures , particularly the Guinea grass , of which IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . 41.
... beans and pease , cabbage , lettuce , raddish , & c . with Indian and Guinea corn , yams , plantains , cafsavi , & c . & c . D The The pastures , particularly the Guinea grass , of which IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . 41.
الصفحة 42
J. B. Moreton. The pastures , particularly the Guinea grass , of which I shall speak more fully hereafter , are ex- cellent for fattening horses and cattle . Travellers have been as well pleased with the beef , mutton , pork , and ...
J. B. Moreton. The pastures , particularly the Guinea grass , of which I shall speak more fully hereafter , are ex- cellent for fattening horses and cattle . Travellers have been as well pleased with the beef , mutton , pork , and ...
الصفحة 44
... If seasonable rains happen , they will sprout up in a few days from every joint , something like young grass ; in about three or four weeks afterwards the negroes weed weed and mould them tenderly , and so on from 44 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... If seasonable rains happen , they will sprout up in a few days from every joint , something like young grass ; in about three or four weeks afterwards the negroes weed weed and mould them tenderly , and so on from 44 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 57
... grass - penn to feed them ; finding the slaves in food , and some fort of cloathing , and keeping up their number still as they die , as also that of cattle and mules , and finding plantation implements , is attended with no finall ...
... grass - penn to feed them ; finding the slaves in food , and some fort of cloathing , and keeping up their number still as they die , as also that of cattle and mules , and finding plantation implements , is attended with no finall ...
الصفحة 58
... grass - penn , or farm , is a better property , and is attended with less trouble and expence than a fugar plantation . Notmany years ago , grass - pennswere confidered as despicable objects for enterprizing adventurers to hunt after ...
... grass - penn , or farm , is a better property , and is attended with less trouble and expence than a fugar plantation . Notmany years ago , grass - pennswere confidered as despicable objects for enterprizing adventurers to hunt after ...
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