History of the British Colonies: Possessions in the West IndiesJ. Cochrane and Company, 1834 - 2888 |
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... months old ? He gave the answer in a minute and a half . On reckoning it up after him , a different result was obtained ; ' Have you not forgot the leap year ? ' asks the negro . This omission was supplied , and the number then agreed ...
... months old ? He gave the answer in a minute and a half . On reckoning it up after him , a different result was obtained ; ' Have you not forgot the leap year ? ' asks the negro . This omission was supplied , and the number then agreed ...
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... months desolation , and only then by the arrival of a strong squadron from Hol- land . Courts of policy and of civil and criminal justice were established for Demerara 1773 , on an island named Borsden , about twenty miles up the river ...
... months desolation , and only then by the arrival of a strong squadron from Hol- land . Courts of policy and of civil and criminal justice were established for Demerara 1773 , on an island named Borsden , about twenty miles up the river ...
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... months ; the wet embrace the months of December , January and February ; and then June , July and August , during which periods the thermome- ter is lower than at any other time , and the land winds ( which are of course less healthy ...
... months ; the wet embrace the months of December , January and February ; and then June , July and August , during which periods the thermome- ter is lower than at any other time , and the land winds ( which are of course less healthy ...
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... months , when the Caribbee islands are ravaged with terrific tempests , vast masses of clouds , Pelion- like upon Ossa , advance towards the south ; the mountains inland reverberate with pealing thunder , and the night is illumined with ...
... months , when the Caribbee islands are ravaged with terrific tempests , vast masses of clouds , Pelion- like upon Ossa , advance towards the south ; the mountains inland reverberate with pealing thunder , and the night is illumined with ...
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... month of April to July , they blow more from the south than from any other point ; and these land winds , which occur at intervals throughout the year , by impeding the course of the clouds , as they are pro- pelled by the sea breeze ...
... month of April to July , they blow more from the south than from any other point ; and these land winds , which occur at intervals throughout the year , by impeding the course of the clouds , as they are pro- pelled by the sea breeze ...
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Strona xii - Whereto thus Adam fatherly displeased. "O execrable son so to aspire Above his brethren, to himself assuming Authority usurped, from God not given; He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his donation; but man over men He made not lord; such title to himself Reserving, human left from human free.
Strona x - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Strona 365 - 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 197 - Councils and the Representatives of the people so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, 'and ordain laws, statutes, and ordinances for the public peace, welfare, and good government of our said colonies, and of the people and inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the laws of England...
Strona 198 - ... import of goods, wares, and merchandizes into, or on the exportation thereof from the island ; also on informations for land under the quit rent acts, and all escheats. It is likewise a court of appeal from the inferior Courts of Common Pleas. This Court sits in the capital of St. Jago de la Vega, or Spanish Town, three times in the year, for three consecutive weeks each time, commencing respectively on the second Monday in February, the first Monday in June, and the first Monday in October in...
Strona 317 - 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 84 - 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 296 - When forests are destroyed, as they are every where in America by the European planters, with an imprudent precipitation, the springs are entirely dried up, or become less abundant. The beds of the rivers, remaining dry during a part of the year, are converted into torrents, whenever great rains fall on the heights.
Strona 119 - It is fat, free from bone, and very good eating ; it feeds on fruits, seeds, and insects. The Snake Fish is about two feet six inches long, and an inch and a half in diameter ; of a dark brown colour on the upper part, underneath of dull yellow, studded with dark spots ; the head is very soft, snout flattened, eyes small, and near the point of the jaw. The greatest singularity connected with this fish is, that its heart will continue to move' several hours after the fish is dead.
Strona 438 - America by sea, or from or to any place other than the United Kingdom, or some other of such possessions, except into or from the several ports in such possessions called free ports...