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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... several years aftar , and attend him to his last hours : nor should he , if possible , enter- tain even one amorous thought the whole time , nor do any thing to create defire or cause crections . A cap is often attended with a cordee ...
... several years aftar , and attend him to his last hours : nor should he , if possible , enter- tain even one amorous thought the whole time , nor do any thing to create defire or cause crections . A cap is often attended with a cordee ...
الصفحة 34
... , which lies at the east end of the town ; but it is dangerous to bathe in the fea , as many young men do , as there have been feveral 1 1 several instances of people being devoured by sharks at that 34 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... , which lies at the east end of the town ; but it is dangerous to bathe in the fea , as many young men do , as there have been feveral 1 1 several instances of people being devoured by sharks at that 34 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 35
J. B. Moreton. several instances of people being devoured by sharks at that part of the town ; indeed it is very unsafe to bathe in any part of the fea in the West Indies . The houses , though some are tolerable elegant , built of brick ...
J. B. Moreton. several instances of people being devoured by sharks at that part of the town ; indeed it is very unsafe to bathe in any part of the fea in the West Indies . The houses , though some are tolerable elegant , built of brick ...
الصفحة 39
... several feet beyond its usual bounds , and swallow up valuable stores and wharfs ; nay , it has been remarked , that the earth opened her greedy womb , swallowed up whole mountains , filled up the course of rivers , and caused rivers to ...
... several feet beyond its usual bounds , and swallow up valuable stores and wharfs ; nay , it has been remarked , that the earth opened her greedy womb , swallowed up whole mountains , filled up the course of rivers , and caused rivers to ...
الصفحة 62
... several other great gentlemen of this description in the island , who have their estates well fenced round ; the ma- nagers , and overseers , with some trusty negroes , keep a constant look out , the gates are always locked , so that no ...
... several other great gentlemen of this description in the island , who have their estates well fenced round ; the ma- nagers , and overseers , with some trusty negroes , keep a constant look out , the gates are always locked , so that no ...
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