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
... cattle , nor ftock of any kind , to fell or barter for his own emolument ; nor fhould he be intrusted to difpofe of any of the eftate's produce , leaft he fhould be tempted to act difhonestly . I knew many overfeers who accumulated very ...
... cattle , nor ftock of any kind , to fell or barter for his own emolument ; nor fhould he be intrusted to difpofe of any of the eftate's produce , leaft he fhould be tempted to act difhonestly . I knew many overfeers who accumulated very ...
الصفحة 95
... thick as pafte , is excellent for killing vermine , keeping off flies , and heal- ing of fores , for small stock , cattle and horfes . G 4 About About eight o'clock the book - keeper goes to breakfast IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . 95.
... thick as pafte , is excellent for killing vermine , keeping off flies , and heal- ing of fores , for small stock , cattle and horfes . G 4 About About eight o'clock the book - keeper goes to breakfast IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . 95.
الصفحة 102
... 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 ignorant of the law , may be appointed chief ...
... 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 ignorant of the law , may be appointed chief ...
الصفحة 134
... cattle , fwine , & c . " I have brandy , rum and porter , ( faid he ) make free , you are kindly welcome , I am always glad to en- tertain a stranger : " In fhort , I dined heartily , and was treated with much civility . I afked him ...
... cattle , fwine , & c . " I have brandy , rum and porter , ( faid he ) make free , you are kindly welcome , I am always glad to en- tertain a stranger : " In fhort , I dined heartily , and was treated with much civility . I afked him ...
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affift alfo almoſt attend attorney bafe becauſe beſt book-keepers buſineſs cafe canes cattle Chriftian commonly confequence corn cowfkin hero Creole diſeaſes drink eftate eſtate expence faid falary falt fame feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fickly filk filly finging fkimmings flaves fmall fome fomething fometimes fond foon friends ftrength ftrong fubjects fuch fufficient fugar Fungee fuppofe fupport fweet gentlemen grafs Great-Britain himſelf hogfheads honeft horfes houfe houſe hundred iſland Jamaica juftice keep laft leaft leaſt liquor maffa mafter mauby merchants mifs moft Mongrel Montego Bay morning moſt muft Mulatto muſt neceffary negroes never night obferve occafions overfeers paffing paffions perfon plantation planter pleafing pleaſe poffible poor puncheon Quadroon reſpect ſay ſeveral ſhall ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtock ſtores ſuch tajo thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand uſe Weft wenches Weſt Indies whilft wine women young yourſelf