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 22
... to use the injection , and drink linseed - tea . South -- for the fever , to drink sage tea , and when the hot fit is off , to drink the bark . Samuel for his sores , to bathe them in the decoce tion of limes and cushue leaves .
... to use the injection , and drink linseed - tea . South -- for the fever , to drink sage tea , and when the hot fit is off , to drink the bark . Samuel for his sores , to bathe them in the decoce tion of limes and cushue leaves .
الصفحة 44
Mountainous plantations require more cultivaa tion , manure and labour , than others . The dung being spread in the holes , the canes are laid fat upon the same , two in a row , and covered lightly with part of the bank .
Mountainous plantations require more cultivaa tion , manure and labour , than others . The dung being spread in the holes , the canes are laid fat upon the same , two in a row , and covered lightly with part of the bank .
الصفحة 190
... men- ' tion many instances of their base ingratitude , but it is folly to repeat grievances . Ingratitude is a moft heinous sin ; if you wish to lible or to stigmatize your enemy , you cannot say worse than that he is ungrateful .
... men- ' tion many instances of their base ingratitude , but it is folly to repeat grievances . Ingratitude is a moft heinous sin ; if you wish to lible or to stigmatize your enemy , you cannot say worse than that he is ungrateful .
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