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 86
... canes ; it is very evident to the mean- eft capacity , that the richest foil will be impo- verished more or lefs ... canes and fpindly corn grow at once , was allotted to canes or corn only , either might flourish luxuriously . It was a ...
... canes ; it is very evident to the mean- eft capacity , that the richest foil will be impo- verished more or lefs ... canes and fpindly corn grow at once , was allotted to canes or corn only , either might flourish luxuriously . It was a ...
الصفحة 87
... canes ( for corn has a lux- urious ftalk , and has the advantage of canes in quick vegitation ) the corn was freed from weeds and carefully moulded , and the canes neglected . Seeing his plantation in fuch a ruined condition , he with ...
... canes ( for corn has a lux- urious ftalk , and has the advantage of canes in quick vegitation ) the corn was freed from weeds and carefully moulded , and the canes neglected . Seeing his plantation in fuch a ruined condition , he with ...
الصفحة 89
... cane pieces ; and the ways and means they feverally practice to deceive the attornies or pro- prietors ; fuch commonly are the topical fubjects of the planting herd . The life of an overfeer is by no means a life of ease or content ...
... cane pieces ; and the ways and means they feverally practice to deceive the attornies or pro- prietors ; fuch commonly are the topical fubjects of the planting herd . The life of an overfeer is by no means a life of ease or content ...
الصفحة 97
... cane pieces , to fee if any are broken or ftole ; he must be here and there and every where ; in- deed the different parts of his duty are as various and progreffive as the days in the year . He commonly gives his firft year's falary ...
... cane pieces , to fee if any are broken or ftole ; he must be here and there and every where ; in- deed the different parts of his duty are as various and progreffive as the days in the year . He commonly gives his firft year's falary ...
الصفحة 102
... canes and corn pieces , of grafs penns and cattle , or of beef and butter , rotten cheese , herrings , & c . & c . fuch conversation may fuit cowfkin heroes or clerks , but it is highly improper in the kings house . Any man , though ...
... canes and corn pieces , of grafs penns and cattle , or of beef and butter , rotten cheese , herrings , & c . & c . fuch conversation may fuit cowfkin heroes or clerks , but it is highly improper in the kings house . Any man , though ...
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