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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... probably will be fea fick for a few days ; I am forry that I never could learn any cure for that naufeous disagreeable ma- lady but to eat and drink , and to walk the deck B as as much as poffible ; vomits and purgatives occa- fionally.
... probably will be fea fick for a few days ; I am forry that I never could learn any cure for that naufeous disagreeable ma- lady but to eat and drink , and to walk the deck B as as much as poffible ; vomits and purgatives occa- fionally.
الصفحة 15
... never paffed that way before ; and though they are not fond of rum or brandy , yet they are fond to fee ftrong liquors given in generous portions to the failors ; and when they meet with griping low- life paffengers , woe betide them ...
... never paffed that way before ; and though they are not fond of rum or brandy , yet they are fond to fee ftrong liquors given in generous portions to the failors ; and when they meet with griping low- life paffengers , woe betide them ...
الصفحة 18
... never heard of any there , fave only Meffrs . Grant and Broadbelt , the former of Kingston , and the latter of Spanish - town , whom you will find to be skilful and worthy characters ; they have protracted the days of thousands . What ...
... never heard of any there , fave only Meffrs . Grant and Broadbelt , the former of Kingston , and the latter of Spanish - town , whom you will find to be skilful and worthy characters ; they have protracted the days of thousands . What ...
الصفحة 21
... never cofts him any thing for board , washing and lodging , corn , or grass . The common charge for each negroe , whether they are fick or well , is five fhillings yearly , befides the benefit of venereals , for which he makes a ...
... never cofts him any thing for board , washing and lodging , corn , or grass . The common charge for each negroe , whether they are fick or well , is five fhillings yearly , befides the benefit of venereals , for which he makes a ...
الصفحة 23
... never ex- perienced the bad effect of fuch ill - timed bathing afterwards . When I quitted the fevere toils of a planter's life , and lived regular in town , I found the climate to agree tolerably well with me , and I was as active as I ...
... never ex- perienced the bad effect of fuch ill - timed bathing afterwards . When I quitted the fevere toils of a planter's life , and lived regular in town , I found the climate to agree tolerably well with me , and I was as active as I ...
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