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 23
... for all the filth and dirt which is dispersed over the country is washed away , and circulates in every current , for which reason filtering stones are used , which not only purify , but cool the water amazingly .
... for all the filth and dirt which is dispersed over the country is washed away , and circulates in every current , for which reason filtering stones are used , which not only purify , but cool the water amazingly .
الصفحة 52
At the beginning of crop great care should be taken to have them all scoured well with lime and hot water , to have trash burnt in them , and scalded and washed quite clean . As soon as the vat which receives the skimmings from the ...
At the beginning of crop great care should be taken to have them all scoured well with lime and hot water , to have trash burnt in them , and scalded and washed quite clean . As soon as the vat which receives the skimmings from the ...
الصفحة 54
... every time when empried , should be washed well ; if the mixture when set is too hot , it will ferment strongly for about twentyfour hours , and fall flat suddenly , and will not yield a due proportion of rum .
... every time when empried , should be washed well ; if the mixture when set is too hot , it will ferment strongly for about twentyfour hours , and fall flat suddenly , and will not yield a due proportion of rum .
الصفحة 81
... major part by far are mean , low - lived , ignorant fellows . Sneaking Caution was an overseer on a fine plantation in the parish of Clarendon , which had 270 Naves upon it ; and though it. which washed IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS .
... major part by far are mean , low - lived , ignorant fellows . Sneaking Caution was an overseer on a fine plantation in the parish of Clarendon , which had 270 Naves upon it ; and though it. which washed IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS .
الصفحة 82
... was so wet and heavy , that it was very laborious to dig the cane holes , or the best of the canes were lodged , or the earth was away from the young plants ; thus the capricious animal. washed washed there 82 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... was so wet and heavy , that it was very laborious to dig the cane holes , or the best of the canes were lodged , or the earth was away from the young plants ; thus the capricious animal. washed washed there 82 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
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