History of the West Indies ...Whittaker & Company, 1837 |
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... five slaves . In 1807 the slave- trade was only finally abolished . By an additional article to a convention signed at London , 13th August , 1814 , Demerara , Essequibo , and Berbice were finally ceded to Great Britain , with the con ...
... five slaves . In 1807 the slave- trade was only finally abolished . By an additional article to a convention signed at London , 13th August , 1814 , Demerara , Essequibo , and Berbice were finally ceded to Great Britain , with the con ...
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... five hun- dred paces within these mangroves , the low and level savannahs commence , extending irregularly inland , and every where intersected by rivers , rivulets , and creeks , with a dense , luxuriant , and magnificent vegetation ...
... five hun- dred paces within these mangroves , the low and level savannahs commence , extending irregularly inland , and every where intersected by rivers , rivulets , and creeks , with a dense , luxuriant , and magnificent vegetation ...
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... five to thirty miles , between all of which there are channels ; but from the extensive deposits of mud , it is difficult to state the soundings for any length of time , the depth of water on the whole coast being continually undergoing ...
... five to thirty miles , between all of which there are channels ; but from the extensive deposits of mud , it is difficult to state the soundings for any length of time , the depth of water on the whole coast being continually undergoing ...
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... five to ten different chan- nels , in which space the two banks of the river are scarcely once visible together , and even one bank but seldom , the river continuing from three to four miles broad throughout the archipelago . The rapids ...
... five to ten different chan- nels , in which space the two banks of the river are scarcely once visible together , and even one bank but seldom , the river continuing from three to four miles broad throughout the archipelago . The rapids ...
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... at an angle of about five degrees above the horizon , its apex being nearly northward : it forms the base of all the cliffs , to a height of six hundred to one FALLS . 15 thousand feet , when a perpendicular and 14 BRITISH GUIANA .
... at an angle of about five degrees above the horizon , its apex being nearly northward : it forms the base of all the cliffs , to a height of six hundred to one FALLS . 15 thousand feet , when a perpendicular and 14 BRITISH GUIANA .
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Accawai acres Anguilla animal Antigua Arrawaak Barbadoes Basseterre beautiful belly Berbice BERBICE RIVER bird body British Guiana brown called Caribisce Caribs Carlisle Charlotte Parish climate coast coffee colonists colony colour Cotton covered creek cultivation Demerara and Essequibo Demerara river diameter ditto Dominica Dutch Earl English European exports feet Females fish French fruit Gallons George Town Governor green Grenada grey ground grows Guadaloupe guilders harbour head height Hillhouse hills houses inches long Indians inhabitants island isle Kiezers Kingstown Kitt's land leeward legs length Lucia Males miles Molasses Montserrat mountains negroes Nevis orange colour parish of St Plantains plantations Pomeroon river population possession rain resembling river settlements shape ships side slaves soil Souffriere species square miles sterling sugar tail timber tion Tortola Total tree tribes twenty vegetable Vincent West Indies wood yellow
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Strona 311 - Forthwith the sounds and seas, each creek and bay, With fry innumerable swarm, and shoals Of fish, that with their fins and shining scales Glide under the green wave, in sculls that oft Bank the mid sea...
Strona 323 - ... absolutely and for ever manumitted; and that the children thereafter to be born to any such persons, and the offspring of such children, shall in like manner be free from their birth ; and that from and after the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, SLAVERY shall be, and is hereby utterly and for ever ABOLISHED and declared unlawful throughout the BRITISH colonies, plantations, and possessions abroad.
Strona 189 - The exact date of the discovery of Barbados is not known. It is said to have been first visited by the Portuguese, who, finding it uninhabited and rude in appearance, named the isle Los Barbados, from the number of bearded fig-trees which they found.
Strona 64 - An iron pot is filled with sand, and set on the fire till the sand is very hot. Two or three pounds of the grain are then thrown in, and well mixed with the sand by stirring. Each grain bursts and throws out a white substance of twice its bigness.
Strona 219 - Vast globular bodies of fire were seen projected from the fiery furnace, and bursting, fell back into it, or over it, on the surrounding bushes, which were instantly set in flames. About four hours from the lava boiling over the crater, it reached the sea, as we could observe from the reflection of the fire, and the electric flashes attending it.
Strona 226 - By felling the trees, that cover the tops and the sides of mountains, men in every climate prepare at once two calamities for future generations ; the want of fuel, and a scarcity of water. Trees, by the nature of their perspiration, and the radiation from their leaves in a sky without clouds, surround themselves with an atmosphere constantly cold and misty.
Strona 115 - ... hothouses. Some of the species are also cultivated in tropical countries for their fruit, particularly those of which the fruit is known by the name Granadilla (qv). The fruit of P. edulis is also somewhat acid and of a pleasant flavour, and ices flavoured with it are delicious.
Strona 220 - ... though in some places as large as a man's head. This dreadful rain of stones and fire lasted upwards of an hour, and was again succeeded by cinders from three till six o'clock in the morning.
Strona 36 - ... animal and vegetable nature. As regards the latter, it may be stated that there are certainly thirteen springs and thirteen autumns, in Demerara, in the year ; for so many times does the sap of trees ascend to the branches, and descend to the roots. For example, the...
Strona 260 - S pretty little village or plantation appears at the bottom of the cove ; the sandy beach stretches like a line of silver round the blue water, and the cane fields form a broad belt of vivid green in the background. Behind this, the mountains, which run north and south throughout the island, rise in the most fantastic shapes, here cloven into steep-down chasms, there darting into arrowy points, and every where shrouded or swathed, as it were in wood, which the hand of man will probably never lay...