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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... most certain information of the English officers who went over with the army , and afterwards fettled here , did not exceed fifteen hundred : fo that , if thefe writers are to be believed , the houses out - numbered the inhabitants ...
... most certain information of the English officers who went over with the army , and afterwards fettled here , did not exceed fifteen hundred : fo that , if thefe writers are to be believed , the houses out - numbered the inhabitants ...
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... most of those in England . That a Weft - India town fhould be irregularly planned is , indeed , almost inexcufable , not only on account of health , which ought to be principally regarded , but because it is formed as it were at Thofe ...
... most of those in England . That a Weft - India town fhould be irregularly planned is , indeed , almost inexcufable , not only on account of health , which ought to be principally regarded , but because it is formed as it were at Thofe ...
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... most part crooked , not even fquared , and many of them had fome remnant of their bark ; but they retained for the most part their primitive folidity . The whole of the wood - work , indeed , seemed to have paffed through no other hands ...
... most part crooked , not even fquared , and many of them had fome remnant of their bark ; but they retained for the most part their primitive folidity . The whole of the wood - work , indeed , seemed to have paffed through no other hands ...
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... most kinds of meat fold here are now generally double what the law has allowed ; and little notice is taken of it . The market for butchers meat begins at day - break , and is ufually over by eight o'clock in the morning . The Jews have ...
... most kinds of meat fold here are now generally double what the law has allowed ; and little notice is taken of it . The market for butchers meat begins at day - break , and is ufually over by eight o'clock in the morning . The Jews have ...
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... most proper fcite for erecting a fortrefs , if one should ever be thought neceffary for better defending the town . At prefent , here is neither fort nor battery ; all its defence confifts in fourteen or fifteen finall brafs field ...
... most proper fcite for erecting a fortrefs , if one should ever be thought neceffary for better defending the town . At prefent , here is neither fort nor battery ; all its defence confifts in fourteen or fifteen finall brafs field ...
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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