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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I was introduced to several of the English merchants there , and treated with much hospitality and politeness ; they have delicious fruit , and every luxury they can wish for . I took a ride to the English Consul's , which is a mile ...
I was introduced to several of the English merchants there , and treated with much hospitality and politeness ; they have delicious fruit , and every luxury they can wish for . I took a ride to the English Consul's , which is a mile ...
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... in five or six gallons of rum more than your sea - stock for that day , and to take about ten gallons more to distribute occasionally to the sailors ; it is the only way to gain their affeclions ; but observe , whenever you wish to ...
... in five or six gallons of rum more than your sea - stock for that day , and to take about ten gallons more to distribute occasionally to the sailors ; it is the only way to gain their affeclions ; but observe , whenever you wish to ...
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I do not mean to advise you to employ a doctor on every night mark of indisposition ; I would wish you to be your own doctor in simple cases , and to study the nature of your constitucion ; for the generality of West - India doctors are ...
I do not mean to advise you to employ a doctor on every night mark of indisposition ; I would wish you to be your own doctor in simple cases , and to study the nature of your constitucion ; for the generality of West - India doctors are ...
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... and may bring on an ague ; when yoor feet get wet , though you be far from any house , rake off your shoes and stockings , wash them and let them dry , and then put them on again " ; and if you wish to enjoy the pleasure and ...
... and may bring on an ague ; when yoor feet get wet , though you be far from any house , rake off your shoes and stockings , wash them and let them dry , and then put them on again " ; and if you wish to enjoy the pleasure and ...
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... business is of course neglected , and the proprietor in England , through the ignorance of his attorney , or his good nature to support one of his poor friends , is materially injured . He that would wish to be a planter , should ...
... business is of course neglected , and the proprietor in England , through the ignorance of his attorney , or his good nature to support one of his poor friends , is materially injured . He that would wish to be a planter , should ...
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