The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies ...L. White, 1793 |
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... feems now to be entirely difufed ; but the Pacific is ftill commonly called the South Sea . It was difcovered in 1513 , and , having been firft entered towards the South , might , per- haps , have derived its name from that circumftance ...
... feems now to be entirely difufed ; but the Pacific is ftill commonly called the South Sea . It was difcovered in 1513 , and , having been firft entered towards the South , might , per- haps , have derived its name from that circumftance ...
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... feems properly to com- prehend but two diftinct feafons ; the wet and the cording to their fituation in the courfe of the trade wind ; the Windward Iflands by their arrangement terminating , I believe with Martinico , and the Leeward ...
... feems properly to com- prehend but two diftinct feafons ; the wet and the cording to their fituation in the courfe of the trade wind ; the Windward Iflands by their arrangement terminating , I believe with Martinico , and the Leeward ...
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... feems to be known . The advocates of this fyftem do not fufficiently confider , that the fea could not have covered fo great a portion of land on one fide of the globe without leaving an immenfe fpace as fuddenly dry on the other . We ...
... feems to be known . The advocates of this fyftem do not fufficiently confider , that the fea could not have covered fo great a portion of land on one fide of the globe without leaving an immenfe fpace as fuddenly dry on the other . We ...
Sivu 25
... feems indeed to be but little doubt ; but the question from whence each clafs of Iflands was first peopled , is of more difficult folution . Roche- fort , who published his account of the Antiles in 1658 , pronounces the Charaibes to ...
... feems indeed to be but little doubt ; but the question from whence each clafs of Iflands was first peopled , is of more difficult folution . Roche- fort , who published his account of the Antiles in 1658 , pronounces the Charaibes to ...
Sivu 44
... feems probable that , as among fome of the tribes of South America † , cultivation was carried on by the joint labour of each fe parate community , and their harvests depofited in public granaries , whence each family received its ...
... feems probable that , as among fome of the tribes of South America † , cultivation was carried on by the joint labour of each fe parate community , and their harvests depofited in public granaries , whence each family received its ...
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acres affembly againſt alfo APPEN Barbadoes BOOK Britain Britiſh cafe Carlifle caufe CHAP Charaibes circumftance coaft colony Columbus commiffion confent confiderable confifting conftitution council crown defire difcovered Dominica Eaft Eaft-Indies Earl of Carlisle England English eſtabliſhed Europe H faid fame feems fent fettled fettlement fettlers feveral fhall fhips fhould fince firft firſt fituation flaves fome foon fpecies French ftate ftill fubjects fuch fufficient fugar fuppofed fupport governor Grenada Hifpaniola Hiftory himſelf houſe ifland Indians inftructions inhabitants Jamaica king laft land laws lefs likewife Lord Lord Vaughan lordships majefty majefty's meaſure moft moſt muſt neceffary negroes obferves occafion Oviedo paffed perfons plantations planters pleaſed poffeffed poffeffion prefent Prefident provifions purpoſe raiſed reafon refpecting Rochefort Sir Charles Lyttelton Spain Spaniards Spaniſh ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe Thomas Lynch Thomas Modyford thoſe thouſand tion tranfmitted unto veffels Wallen Weft Weft Indies whofe
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Sivu 344 - ... all persons inhabiting in, or resorting to, our said colonies, may confide in our royal protection for the enjoyment of the benefit of the laws of our realm of England...
Sivu 90 - The night js their chief time of proceeding; but if it rains by day, they do not fail to profit by the occasion; and they continue to move forward in their slow uniform manner.
Sivu 118 - These chains are all the treasures I have ; and they shall be buried with me if I chance to have a coffin or grave ; for I would have the remembrance of .so unjust an action perish with me, and, for the glory of the Spanish name, be eternally forgotten.
Sivu 13 - Sun, and woods of perennial verdure ; of a growth unknown to the frigid clime and lei's vigorous foil of Europe ; for what is the oak compared to the cedar or mahogany, of each of which the trunk frequently meafures from eighty to ninety feet from the bafe to the limbs ? What European...
Sivu 246 - WHEREAS there was this day read at the Board a Report from the Right Honourable the Lords, of the Committee of Council for Plantation Affairs dated the first of last month in the words following Viz.
Sivu 159 - That all Children of any of Our Natural born Subjects of England to be born in Jamaica, shall from their respective Births be reputed to be, and shall be free Denizens of England, and shall have the same Priviledges to all Intents and Purposes as Our Free-born Subjects of England...
Sivu 174 - When I first approached this side of the island by sea, and beheld, from afar, such of the stupendous and soaring ridges of the blue mountains, as the clouds here and there disclosed, the imagination (forming an indistinct but awful idea of what was concealed, By what was thus partially displayed) was filled with admiration and
Sivu 89 - These animals live not only in a kind of orderly society in their retreats in the mountains, but regularly once a year march down to the sea-side in a body of some millions at a time. As they multiply in great numbers, they...
Sivu 335 - Ann from twelve hundred to two thoufand pounds per annum, the whole of which is paid out of the exchequer, and charged to the account of the four and a half per cent. duty. The form of the government of this...
Sivu 4 - The tempeBOOK rature of the air varies indeed considerably acs^v^, cording to the elevation of the land; but, with this exception, the medium degree of heat is much the same in all the countries of this part of the globe.