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 86
I must not omit to mention a very wrong practice of overseers , most injurious to proprietors in general ; that is , planting Indian corn , or peas , amongst the canes ; it is very evident to the meanest capacity , that the richest soil ...
I must not omit to mention a very wrong practice of overseers , most injurious to proprietors in general ; that is , planting Indian corn , or peas , amongst the canes ; it is very evident to the meanest capacity , that the richest soil ...
الصفحة 88
Overseers endeavour to persuade that it must be so , and say that the West Indies would be of no use if severity was not exerted ; and many masters of Naves entertain the same nocion , and have as little pity and regard for them as for ...
Overseers endeavour to persuade that it must be so , and say that the West Indies would be of no use if severity was not exerted ; and many masters of Naves entertain the same nocion , and have as little pity and regard for them as for ...
الصفحة 92
... and insinuate themselves with wonderful dexterity into places and pensions ; yet there is no rule without an exception ; I have known many candid , opena hearted , impartial , and friendly Scotchmen ; so that you must not despair of ...
... and insinuate themselves with wonderful dexterity into places and pensions ; yet there is no rule without an exception ; I have known many candid , opena hearted , impartial , and friendly Scotchmen ; so that you must not despair of ...
الصفحة 93
... are not permitted to mess at overseer's tables , for which reason they are not so much respected as in Jamaica . In the windward islands the salary is greater , as they must board themselves ; in those islands any man may get an ...
... are not permitted to mess at overseer's tables , for which reason they are not so much respected as in Jamaica . In the windward islands the salary is greater , as they must board themselves ; in those islands any man may get an ...
الصفحة 94
The first charge a book - keeper gets is that of the sheep , goats , swine , and poultry ( called the small stock ) with the keys of the corn , and other ftores ; he must be very particular in getting up early every morning to hasten to ...
The first charge a book - keeper gets is that of the sheep , goats , swine , and poultry ( called the small stock ) with the keys of the corn , and other ftores ; he must be very particular in getting up early every morning to hasten to ...
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| العنوان | 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 |
| المؤلف | J. B. Moreton |
| الناشر | J. Parsons; W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1793 |
| أصلي من | المكتبة البريطانية |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 21 تشرين الأول (أكتوبر) 2013 |
| عدد الصفحات | 192 من الصفحات |
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