Commerce.--Cruisers for the protection

of the trade.---Thoughts on the inter-

course between the West Indies and

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

48

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.

64

CHAPTER VII.

Quadrupeds.---- Reptiles, fc.----Birds.-

Fishes.-Domestic animals.---Observa-

tions on the alligator and the shark :

78

CHAPTER VIII.

Vegetable productions, trees, shrubs, fruits;

flower's, &c. native and exotic.--De-

scription of a West Indra estate, and

routine of work thereon.-Various agri-

cultural remarks

95

Travelling in Jamaica.- Pictures of a De-

cembèr evening and morning in Jamaica.

*Times and modes of travelling.–Tra-

velling in Great Britain and Jamaica

compared.Thoughts on the embellish-

ments, fc. of a country

115

CHAPTER X.

Planters.--Proprietors.----Attornies.----

Overseers.--Book-keepers.—The situa-

tion of these last considered ...

126

CHAPTER XI.

Medical men.-Tradesmen on estates.-

Jobbers.--Surveyors.---- Merchants.--

Shopkeepers.-V'endue masters.-Whar-

fingers, &c.

144

CHAPTER XII,

Creoles, or natives.-Men.-IV omen

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

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CHAPTER XIV.

Amusements.-Want of public ones. Con-

certs.--Dancing assemblies, fc.-Rural

sports.--Convivial parties

175

CHAPTER XV.

Houses, and their interior economy.--Fur-

niture.-Servants and equipage.--En-

tertainments.-Manner of spending time.

-Visits, &c.

185

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CHAPTER XVI.

Europeans. Those in the planting line.-

Those in the towns.-Nabobs-Anecdote

of one, &c.

195

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CHAPTER XVII.

Causes to which may ve attributed the too

general dissoluteness of manners in Ja-

maica.—Thoughts on Religion, and re-

ligious habits.--Pride of wealth, &c. 205

CHAPTER XVIII.

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

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the slaves.- Present ameliorated condi-

tion and treatment.--Routine of their
work.--Their dwellings, food, clothing,
&c.

223

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, 8c.

294

CHAPTER XXI.

Metaphysical and religious ideas of the ne-

groes.- Funerals.---Music.---Thoughts

on converting them to Christianity.-

Obeah. - Ideas and practice of justice 247

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

261

CHAPTER XXIII.

Different diseases, &c. to which the ne.

groes are subject.-Infantile disorders.

-Various causes to which may be at-

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tributed the decrease of negro popula-

tion in the West Indies.---Polygamy

among

the

negroes, &c.

268

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. ..

279

CHAPTER XXV.

People of colour.-The different classes of

them. Their rapidly increasing popula-

tion in Jamaica.--Their character, man-

ners, and amusements, &C...

296