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 75
Mr. Sneaking Caution , the manager , tells me , that the cause of the sugars being
so dark , and not having fo good a grain as I would with , has been owing to the
canes being too ripe , and burning faiter than they could be taken off : the last ...
Mr. Sneaking Caution , the manager , tells me , that the cause of the sugars being
so dark , and not having fo good a grain as I would with , has been owing to the
canes being too ripe , and burning faiter than they could be taken off : the last ...
الصفحة 100
... with considerable properties forgot themselves and lived more extravagant
chan men of fortune ; had their merchandize fold at vendue at the last at less than
first coft ; and by bad management and diffipation ruined themselves and friends .
... with considerable properties forgot themselves and lived more extravagant
chan men of fortune ; had their merchandize fold at vendue at the last at less than
first coft ; and by bad management and diffipation ruined themselves and friends .
الصفحة 115
At last the day appointed came ; the morn was woeful to the sheep and swine ! it
was a woeful morn for the poultry , young pigeons , and young rabbits ! and a sad
and lamentable morn for the inhabitants of the woods and waters ! ' ere it was ...
At last the day appointed came ; the morn was woeful to the sheep and swine ! it
was a woeful morn for the poultry , young pigeons , and young rabbits ! and a sad
and lamentable morn for the inhabitants of the woods and waters ! ' ere it was ...
الصفحة 130
... was it poflible that a man could have sufficient resolution to abstain from them ,
they would exert every base means to torment and intult him , and at last
conclude that he had lost the use of his members , or was no man ; so , in order to
avoid ...
... was it poflible that a man could have sufficient resolution to abstain from them ,
they would exert every base means to torment and intult him , and at last
conclude that he had lost the use of his members , or was no man ; so , in order to
avoid ...
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