A Descriptive Account of the Island of Jamaica: With Remarks Upon the Cultivation of the Sugar-cane, Throughout the Different Seasons of the Year, and Chiefly Considered in a Picturesque Point of View; Also, Observations and Reflections Upon what Would Probably be the Consequences of an Abolition of the Slave-trade, and of the Emancipation of the Slaves. By William Beckford, Esq. ... In Two Volumes. ...T. and J. Egerton, 1790 - Agriculture |
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Page 281 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 107 - Savanna-la-Mar, (a county town,) there was not even the veftige of a town ;—the very materials of which it had been compofed had been carried away by the refiftlefs fury of the waves, which finally completed what the wind began. A very great proportion of the poor inhabitants were...
Page 51 - It commonly rises from three to eight feet or more in height, a difference of growth that very strongly marks the difference of soil or the varieties of culture. It is, when ripe, of a bright and golden yellow; and where obvious to the sun, is in most parts very beautifully streaked with red.
Page 51 - ... yellow, with long and narrow leaves depending; from the centre of which shoots up an arrow, like a silver wand, from two to six feet in height, and from the summit of which grows out a plume of white feathers, which are delicately fringed with lilac dye ; and indeed is, in its appearance, not much unlike the tuft that adorns this particular and elegant tree.
Page lv - ... to duties, drawbacks or otherwise, for carrying on the trade and commerce between the people and territories belonging to the crown of Great Britain, and the people and territories of the said United States, as to his Majesty in council shall appear most expedient and salutary ; any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding...
Page 94 - From the morning until four o'clock in the afternoon the wind continued to blow with increasing violence from the North and East ; but from that time, having collected all its powers of devastation, it rushed with irresistible violence from the South ; and in about an hour and a half after that period, so general and persevering were its accumulated effects that it scarcely left a...
Page 50 - A field of such canes when standing in the month of November, when it is in arrow or full blossom, is one of the most beautiful productions that the pen or pencil can possibly describe.
Page lvi - Weft-India iflands, to any port or place within the faid United States, upon payment of the fame duties on exportation, and...
Page 8 - The sea is, in general, extremely smooth and brilliant, and before the breeze begins to ripple its glossy surface, is so remarkably transparent, that you can perceive (as if there were no intervening medium) the rocks and sands at a considerable depth, the weeds and coral that adorn the first, and the stars and other testaceous fishes that repose upon the last. " Every passing cloud affords some pleasing variation, and the glowing vapours of the atmosphere, when the sun arises or declines, and...
Page lvi - ... and all other fpecies of lumber ; horfes, neat cattle, fheep, hogs, poultry, and all other fpecies of live ftock and live provifions ; peas, beans, potatoes, wheat, flour, bread, bifcuit, rice, oats, barley, and all other fpecies of grain, being the growth or...