The History of Jamaica: Or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of the Island: with Reflections on Its Situation Settlements, Inhabitants, Climate, Products, Commerce, Laws, and Government ... |
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... fmall - arms , chiefly for the free Negroes and Mulattoes . In the year 1760 , it con- tained two thousand fix hundred and feventy - two ftand of firelocks , and three hundred and three brace of piftols : it generally has a stand of ...
... fmall - arms , chiefly for the free Negroes and Mulattoes . In the year 1760 , it con- tained two thousand fix hundred and feventy - two ftand of firelocks , and three hundred and three brace of piftols : it generally has a stand of ...
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... fmall body of men , [ with fuch a bulwark , may refift all the efforts of fifty times their number , who have no artillery : and it is no lefs ferviceable in an open plain , than in defending a pafo . tion that they deftroyed the houses ...
... fmall body of men , [ with fuch a bulwark , may refift all the efforts of fifty times their number , who have no artillery : and it is no lefs ferviceable in an open plain , than in defending a pafo . tion that they deftroyed the houses ...
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... fmall , yet this can be no objection to the method of ftructure , fince it would be eafy to enlarge the plan , by lengthening the front , or by building three fides of a fquare after the Eastern manner , which allows fufficient range ...
... fmall , yet this can be no objection to the method of ftructure , fince it would be eafy to enlarge the plan , by lengthening the front , or by building three fides of a fquare after the Eastern manner , which allows fufficient range ...
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... fmall , and rather inconvenient for a family , especially when it confifts of fix or feven perfons . Great alterations have , however , been made by the English inhabitants ; and feveral of these old houses have received very ...
... fmall , and rather inconvenient for a family , especially when it confifts of fix or feven perfons . Great alterations have , however , been made by the English inhabitants ; and feveral of these old houses have received very ...
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... fmall addition of rum . They are exceedingly fond of garlic , which generally has a place in all their fauces , and is known to be a great antifeptic ; and they in- dulge in chocolate . The more luxurious among them gormondize chiefly ...
... fmall addition of rum . They are exceedingly fond of garlic , which generally has a place in all their fauces , and is known to be a great antifeptic ; and they in- dulge in chocolate . The more luxurious among them gormondize chiefly ...
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affembly againſt almoſt atmoſphere becauſe befides cafe caufe cauſe climate coaft confequence confiderable confifts courſe diforder diſeaſes diſtance ditto eftates Engliſh eſtabliſhed eſtate expence faid fame fays fecurity feem fent fervants ferve fervice fettlements fettlers feven feveral fhall fhips fhould fide fince firft firſt fituation flaves fmall foil fome fometimes foon fpecies fpirit freſh ftands ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fugar fupply fuppofed fupport fure Great-Britain harbour himſelf houfes houſes hundred ifland increaſe inhabitants inſtead Jamaica juftice Kingſton labour land leaſt lefs leſs likewife mafter meaſure miles moft moſt mountains Mulatto muſt neceffary Negroes obferved occafion paffed parish perfons plantations planters poffeffed Port Port Royal prefent provifions purpoſe putrid reafon refidence refpect rifing river ſeems ſeveral ſhips ſmall ſome Spaniſh ſtate ſtill ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand town uſe veffels Weft whofe whoſe