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 43
1 the pegs is marked at every seven or eight feet with a bit of coloured rag , at
every one of which a peg is stuck in the ground ( a number of pegs about two feet
long are prepared for this purpose ) . The liners having marked the first row , fall ...
1 the pegs is marked at every seven or eight feet with a bit of coloured rag , at
every one of which a peg is stuck in the ground ( a number of pegs about two feet
long are prepared for this purpose ) . The liners having marked the first row , fall ...
الصفحة 50
... line the ground , keep a journal for his own instruction , pay strict attention to
the cattle and mules , learn to dress them when maimed , to cure them when fick ,
and to pamper and keep them in good order ; he should obferve the dispositions
...
... line the ground , keep a journal for his own instruction , pay strict attention to
the cattle and mules , learn to dress them when maimed , to cure them when fick ,
and to pamper and keep them in good order ; he should obferve the dispositions
...
الصفحة 59
Guinea grass will grow on the most fandy deserts or mountains ; the method of
planting it is as follows : - The ground being prepared by clear . ing it of shrubbery
and grass against the first of May , and holed at every three or four feet distance ...
Guinea grass will grow on the most fandy deserts or mountains ; the method of
planting it is as follows : - The ground being prepared by clear . ing it of shrubbery
and grass against the first of May , and holed at every three or four feet distance ...
الصفحة 82
... he still exclaimed against the elements for not reverting the seasons to water
and refresh his plants ; and when heavy rains fell in proper seafun , he was
always displeased ; the ground was so wet and heavy , that it was very laborious
to dig ...
... he still exclaimed against the elements for not reverting the seasons to water
and refresh his plants ; and when heavy rains fell in proper seafun , he was
always displeased ; the ground was so wet and heavy , that it was very laborious
to dig ...
الصفحة 154
Him turn me out into the field , Wid hoe , the ground to clear - o ; Me take
pickinning on my back , And work him te - me weary . Him , Obissha , him de
come one night , And give me gown and busses ; Him get one pickinniny , white !
Almost as ...
Him turn me out into the field , Wid hoe , the ground to clear - o ; Me take
pickinning on my back , And work him te - me weary . Him , Obissha , him de
come one night , And give me gown and busses ; Him get one pickinniny , white !
Almost as ...
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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