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 17
As Ireland when much oppress'd , With creatures full of ftings , Was by St. Patrick
once bless'd , Who banish'd pois'nous things ; I often wilh'd he had gone there ,
And shook his facred wand , O'er all the ille , and in the air , And bless'd both air ...
As Ireland when much oppress'd , With creatures full of ftings , Was by St. Patrick
once bless'd , Who banish'd pois'nous things ; I often wilh'd he had gone there ,
And shook his facred wand , O'er all the ille , and in the air , And bless'd both air ...
الصفحة 21
... three plantations , he is looked upon as an Esculapeus of the times by the
managers and overseers , and gets the quackery of them and their friends also ,
so that it never costs him any thing for board , washing and lodging , corn , or
grass .
... three plantations , he is looked upon as an Esculapeus of the times by the
managers and overseers , and gets the quackery of them and their friends also ,
so that it never costs him any thing for board , washing and lodging , corn , or
grass .
الصفحة 25
Avoid immoderate and athletic exercise , and every thing that may tend to infame
or corrupt your blood . Never drink cold water when you find yourself in a heat :
warm beverage , weak punch , or sangre , is best , and will cool you ; and if such
...
Avoid immoderate and athletic exercise , and every thing that may tend to infame
or corrupt your blood . Never drink cold water when you find yourself in a heat :
warm beverage , weak punch , or sangre , is best , and will cool you ; and if such
...
الصفحة 123
Having thus far endeavoured to give you some idea of Creole men and women , I
shall next treat of Mongrels ; a Mongrel is any thing that is engendered or
begotten between different kinds , and resembles neither in nothing but form ;
such as ...
Having thus far endeavoured to give you some idea of Creole men and women , I
shall next treat of Mongrels ; a Mongrel is any thing that is engendered or
begotten between different kinds , and resembles neither in nothing but form ;
such as ...
الصفحة 174
... in an office , should not , by any means , accustom himself to drink any thing
stronger than water before dinner ; nor should such a person tipple at grog , or
other liquors , in the evening or at night , leaft he , in process of time , becomes a
sot .
... in an office , should not , by any means , accustom himself to drink any thing
stronger than water before dinner ; nor should such a person tipple at grog , or
other liquors , in the evening or at night , leaft he , in process of time , becomes a
sot .
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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