The History of British Guiana: Comprising a General Description of the Colony ; a Narrative of Some of the Principal Events from the Earliest Period of Its Discovery to the Present Time ; Together with an Account of Its Climate, Geology, Staple Products, and Natural History, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855 - Guyana |
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afterwards Amazon appointed arrived attempt banks Batavian Batavian Republic became Berbice British Guiana called Captain cataracts civil list civilised classes coast colonists colony colour Combined Court command coolies course Court of Policy cultivation Dageraat Demerara and Essequebo despatch district dollars Dutch duties emancipation England established estates excellency existence expedition feelings feet financial representatives former Fort Nassau Government governor granted guilders habits honour immigration Indians inhabitants island justice Keizers labourers land lieutenant-governor Lord Glenelg ment miles militia mountains mouth native negroes north latitude officers ordinance Orinoco passed persons plantations planters Portuguese possession present proceeded proprietors quebo race Raleigh received returned river Berbice river Demerara river Essequebo Robert Schomburgk sent settlements settlers ships slavery slaves society soil soldiers Spaniards Stabroek stream sugar Surinam tion town tribes troops vessels Warrows West India whilst
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Page 218 - It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of people and wicked condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant: and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation; for they will ever live like rogues, and not fall to work, but be lazy, and do mischief, and spend victuals, and be quickly weary, and then certify over4 to their country to the discredit of the plantation.
Page 328 - Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law ; but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office.
Page 102 - I never saw a more beautiful country, nor more lively prospects, hills so raised here and there over the valleys, the river winding into divers branches, the plains adjoining without bush or stubble, all fair green grass...
Page 115 - To tell you that I might be here king of the Indians were a vanity. But my name hath still lived among them here. They feed me with fresh meat, and all that the country yields; all offer to obey me.
Page 113 - ... passed already, the king having under his broad seal, " made you admiral of your fleet, and given you power of " the martial law over your officers and soldiers.
Page 101 - Whelp, we carried 100 persons and their victuals for a month in the same, being all driven to lie in the rain and weather in the open air, in the burning sun, and upon the hard boards, and to dress our meat, and to carry all manner of furniture in them.
Page 63 - Having thus found the necessary ingredients, he scrapes the wourali vine and bitter root into thin shavings, and puts them into a kind of colander made of leaves : this he holds over an earthen pot, and pours water on the shavings : the liquor which comes through has the appearance of coffee.When a sufficient quantity has been procured, the shavings are thrown aside.
Page 107 - Mutylones : and it seemeth to me that this empire is reserved for her majesty and the English nation, by reason of the hard success which all these and other Spaniards found in attempting the same, whereof I will speak briefly, though impertinent, in some sort, to my purpose.
Page 105 - I will omit them, and conclude that both for health, good air, pleasure, and riches, I am resolved it cannot be equalled by any region either in the east or west.
Page 63 - Lastly, the snakes' fangs, ants, and pepper are bruised, and thrown into it. It is then placed on a slow fire, and as it boils, more of the juice of the wourali is added, according as it may be found necessary, and the scum is taken off with a leaf: it remains on the fire till reduced to a thick syrup of a deep brown colour. As soon as it has arrived at this state, a few arrows are poisoned with it, to try its strength. If it...