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CHAPTER V.
and
Commerce.-Cruisers for the protection
of the trade.-Thoughts on the inter-
course between the West Indies
America; and on West India politics in
general.-Coins.-Inconveniences of a
scarcity of specie; and causes of this
want.-Taxes, public and parochial.-
Lotteries.-Price of labour
CHAPTER VI.
Military establishment.-Militia.-Lieu-
tenant-general (now Sir George) Nu-
gent's zealous attention to its improve-
ment.-General remarks on corps of this
kind, riflemen, &c. .
CHAPTER VII.
Quadrupeds.--Reptiles, &c.---Birds.—
Fishes.-Domestic animals.--Observa-
tions on the alligator and the shark..
CHAPTER VIII.
Vegetable productions, trees, shrubs, fruits;
flowers, &c. native and exotic.-De-
scription of a West India estate, and
routine of work thereon.—Various agri-
cultural remarks
Page
48
64
78
95
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER IX.
Travelling in Jamaica.-Pictures of a De-
cember evening and morning in Jamaica.
Times and modes of travelling.-Tra-
velling in Great Britain and Jamaica
compared.-Thoughts on the embellish-
ments, &c. of a country
CHAPTER X.
Planters.--Proprietors.--Attornies.---
Overseers.--Book-keepers.-The situa-
tion of these last considered
CHAPTER XI.
Medical men.-Tradesmen on estates.-
Jobbers.--Surveyors.--Merchants.--
Shopkeepers.-Vendue masters.-Whar-
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126
Creoles, or natives.-Men.-Women . . . 152
CHAPTER XIII.
Education in Jamaica.-Mental precocity
of the Creoles.-Thoughts on the esta-
blishment of proper seminaries.-Litera-
ture, and literary amusement.-Cause
of its small estimation in Jamaica . . . 165
CHAPTER XIV.
Amusements. Want of public ones.-Con-
certs.-Dancing assemblies, &c.-Rural
175
CHAPTER XV.
Houses, and their interior economy.-Fur-
niture.-Servants and equipage.--En-
tertainments.-Manner of spending time.
-Visits, &c.
Europeans.-Those in the planting line.-
Those in the towns.-Nabobs.-Anecdote
of one, &c.
CHAPTER XVII.
195
Causes to which may be attributed the too
general dissoluteness of manners in Ja-
maica.-Thoughts on Religion, and re-
ligious habits.-Pride of wealth, &c.
CHAPTER XVIII.
205
Thoughts on slavery, and on the condi-
tion of the negro slaves of the West
Indies.-Remarks on the slave trade .. 213
CHAPTER XIX.
Prejudices against the West India plan-
ter.-Former condition and treatment of
the slaves.-Present ameliorated condi-
tion and treatment.-Routine of their work. Their dwellings, food, clothing, &c. .
CHAPTER XX.
General character of the negroes-Va-
rious tribes of them that come to the
West Indies.-Toussaint L'Ouverture.-
Anecdotes of their sagacity, fidelity, and
acuteness of feeling, &c.
CHAPTER XXI.
Metaphysical and religious ideas of the ne-
groes. Funerals.--Music. Thoughts
on converting them to Christianity.-
Obeah.-Ideas and practice of justice
CHAPTER XXII.
Negro amusements-Festivity and dissi-
pation at Christmas and harvest-home.
-Gambling-Ideas which the negroes
have of the inventions, &c. of the Euro-
peans
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223
234
247
261
CHAPTER XXIII.
Different diseases, &c. to which the ne-
groes are subject.-Infantile disorders.
-Various causes to which may be at-
tributed the decrease of negro popula-
tion in the West Indies.--Polygamy
among the negroes, &c.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Origin of the Maroons.-Description of
the mode in which they carried on their
war with the whites.-Their barbarity. .
Anecdote of a Maroon.-Thoughts on
the employment of dogs against them.-
Their way of life, &c.
CHAPTER XXV.
People of colour.-The different classes of
them. Their rapidly increasing popula-
tion in Jamaica.-Their character, man-
ners, and amusements, &c.
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