An Account of Jamaica, and Its InhabitantsLongman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1808 - 305 páginas |
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... period Jamaica was doubtless consi- dered as very far inferior in point of importance to either Cuba or Hispaniola ; as in truth it would be at the present day , were these islands equally improved and cultivated . Neither at the time ...
... period Jamaica was doubtless consi- dered as very far inferior in point of importance to either Cuba or Hispaniola ; as in truth it would be at the present day , were these islands equally improved and cultivated . Neither at the time ...
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... period the go- vernment or constitution of this island has kept pace with that of Great Britain , undergoing pre- cisely the same changes and amelioration . Different attempts have been made , both by the Spaniards and the French , to ...
... period the go- vernment or constitution of this island has kept pace with that of Great Britain , undergoing pre- cisely the same changes and amelioration . Different attempts have been made , both by the Spaniards and the French , to ...
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... period , particularly coffee . The revenue arising to the mother country from such a vast annual import must be very great . In return for these commodities , Jamaica receives from Great Bri- tain almost every article and necessary of ...
... period , particularly coffee . The revenue arising to the mother country from such a vast annual import must be very great . In return for these commodities , Jamaica receives from Great Bri- tain almost every article and necessary of ...
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... period . This is owing to various causes . In former times , the Spanish trade was peculiarly beneficial to this islaud , from the specie ( chiefly dollars ) which they were wont to bring to it for the purpose of purchasing cloth ...
... period . This is owing to various causes . In former times , the Spanish trade was peculiarly beneficial to this islaud , from the specie ( chiefly dollars ) which they were wont to bring to it for the purpose of purchasing cloth ...
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... period of security again produces a second relapse into neglect . During the existence of martial law , commis- sioners are appointed in all the parishes , for re- gulating and furnishing necessaries for the troops : these consist of ...
... period of security again produces a second relapse into neglect . During the existence of martial law , commis- sioners are appointed in all the parishes , for re- gulating and furnishing necessaries for the troops : these consist of ...
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amusement animal assembly assize courts attended bird book-keeper Britain British called cane chiefly climate colour considerable considered Creole crop Cuba disease domestic pigeon doubloon duty effect enemy estates European favour female fever fifteen fond former governor Hispaniola honour horses humanity hundred India inhabitants interior island Jamaica Jamaica militia John Thomas Duckworth kind Kingston labour land latter Maroon war Maroons master ment militia Montego Bay mother country mountains mules native nature negroes never obeah observed occasion officer opulent overseer parish peculiarly perhaps plant plantain planter pounds currency pretty produce provisions regiment regular respectable ring-tailed pigeon savage season seldom sent shew situation slaves snake soil sometimes soon sort species sugar supply sweet tain taste terrible thing tion town trade trees Trelawney troops usually various West Indies wild wild hog woods wretched yellow yellow fever
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Página 159 - I never addressed myself, in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise.
Página 159 - In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden...
Página 159 - Russia, and the wide-spread regions of the wandering Tartar, — if hungry, dry, cold, wet, or sick, woman has ever been friendly to me, and uniformly so ; and to add to this virtue, so worthy of the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that, if I was dry, I drank the sweet draught, and, if hungry, ate the coarse morsel, with a double relish.
Página 194 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy Reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Página 257 - ... may be swept off by its infatuation before the crime is detected ; for, strange as it may appear, so much do the negroes stand in awe of those obeah professors, so much do they dread their malice and their power, that, though knowing the havoc they have made, and are still making, they are afraid to discover them to the whites ; and others perhaps, are in league with them for sinister purposes of mischief and revenge. A negro under...
Página 282 - Troops continued to pour in from adjacent and distant posts ; and, as the few soldiers with the king refused to fire on those surrounding the palace, the people, though pitying the king, did not take up arms in his...
Página 159 - Not haughty, nor arrogant, nor supercilious, they are full of courtesy, and fond of society; more liable in general to err than man, but in general also more virtuous, and performing more good actions, than he. To a woman , whether civilized or savage, I never addressed myself, in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer.
Página 262 - ... houses, and drink with them ; the distance between them appears to be annihilated for the moment, like the familiar footing on which the Roman slaves were with their masters at the feast of the Saturnalia...
Página 261 - ... have little time to devote to amusement, but such occasions as offer they eagerly embrace. Plays, as they call them, are their principal and favourite one. This is an assemblage of both sexes, dressed out for the occasion, who form a ring round a male and female dancer, who perform to the music of drums and the songs of the other females of the party, one alternately going over the song, while her companions repeat in chorus. Both the singers and dancers shew the exactest precision as to time...
Página 232 - ... but because the former is a greater rarity than the latter. They cannot afford to indulge themselves with a fowl or a duck, except upon particular occasions." " The common dress of the male slaves is an Osnaburgh or check frock, and a pair of Osnaburgh or sheeting trowsers, with a coarse hat. That of the women is an Osnaburgh or coarse linen shift, a petticoat made of various stuff, according to their taste and circumstances, and a handkerchief tied round their heads. Both men and women are also...