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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الصفحة 85
... book - keeper , until , through the influence of his brother , a pedagogue , who got the parfonage of one of the best parishes in the iliand , he was preferred to the manage- ment of a fine eftate in the parish of Vere ; the little ...
... book - keeper , until , through the influence of his brother , a pedagogue , who got the parfonage of one of the best parishes in the iliand , he was preferred to the manage- ment of a fine eftate in the parish of Vere ; the little ...
الصفحة 89
... book - keepers , or expofing the blemishes of their abfent neighbouring acquaintances ; or of corn and cane pieces ; and the ways and means they feverally practice to deceive the attornies or pro- prietors ; fuch commonly are the ...
... book - keepers , or expofing the blemishes of their abfent neighbouring acquaintances ; or of corn and cane pieces ; and the ways and means they feverally practice to deceive the attornies or pro- prietors ; fuch commonly are the ...
الصفحة 90
... book - keepers I humble , Humble as the canine race ; When they attempt to grumble , I furely kick them out of place . Thus live in eafe , with health and gain , Whilft they trudge thro ' mud and rain ; Expos'd to toil , disease and ...
... book - keepers I humble , Humble as the canine race ; When they attempt to grumble , I furely kick them out of place . Thus live in eafe , with health and gain , Whilft they trudge thro ' mud and rain ; Expos'd to toil , disease and ...
الصفحة 93
... book - keeper in the coun- try , is £ 40 per annum , with board , washing and lodging , the fame as the overfeer ; in the wind- ward iflands , book - keepers are not permitted to mess at overfeer's tables , for which reason they are not ...
... book - keeper in the coun- try , is £ 40 per annum , with board , washing and lodging , the fame as the overfeer ; in the wind- ward iflands , book - keepers are not permitted to mess at overfeer's tables , for which reason they are not ...
الصفحة 94
... book - keepers have friends , or merit ; fo you will pleafe to obferve this , to be fecret , and not to let any man ... book - keeper gets is that of the sheep , goats , fwine , and poultry ( called the fmall stock ) with the keys of the ...
... book - keepers have friends , or merit ; fo you will pleafe to obferve this , to be fecret , and not to let any man ... book - keeper gets is that of the sheep , goats , fwine , and poultry ( called the fmall stock ) with the keys of the ...
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