St. Lucia: Historical, Statistical, and DescriptiveLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844 - 423 páginas |
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1ST JANUARY Abbé Acting-Governor administration advantage amongst Anse Antilles appears appointed April August Barbados batteries Brigands British Captain Carénage Catholic Chevalier Chief Church civil classes clergy Colonel colonists Colony coloured command continued Count d'Estaing cultivation Dame December Dennery Dominica Duparquet effect enactment English establishment estates Executive February France French Government Governor Governor-General Grenada Gros-ilet Guadaloupe houses hurricane hurricane of 1780 important inhabitants Judge judicial July jurisdiction Justice King labour land law of France leeward Legislative Council less Lieutenant-Governor Lucia Martinique ment Micoud months Moore Morne Fortuné Negro October Order in Council Ordinance parish parties peace period persons Pigeon Island Pître planter population possession Praslin present Prevost principal proceedings regulating Republicans residence respectable road Roseau Royal Order ships slave slavery Soufriere sterling tion town of Castries troops valleys Vieux Vieux Fort Vigie Vincent West Indies whole windward
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Página 189 - From the rich peasant cheek of ruddy bronze, And large black eyes that flash on you a volley Of rays that say a thousand things at once, To the high dama's brow, more melancholy, But clear, and with a wild and liquid glance, Heart on her lips, and soul within her eyes, Soft as her clime, and sunny as her skies.
Página 395 - States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you.
Página 156 - Insects are the curse of tropical climates. The bete rouge lays the foundation of a tremendous ulcer. In a moment you are covered with ticks. Chigoes bury themselves in your flesh, and hatch a large colony of young Chigoes in a few hours. They will not live together, but every Chigoe sets up a separate ulcer, and has his own private portion of pus. Flies get entry into your mouth, into your eyes, into your nose ; you eat flies, drink flies...
Página 395 - Governor thereof; and you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from us...
Página 156 - An insect with eleven legs is swimming in your teacup, a nondescript with nine wings is struggling in the small beer, or a caterpillar with several dozen eyes in his belly is hastening over the bread and butter ! All nature is alive, and seems to be gathering all her entomological hosts to eat you up, as you are standing, out of your coat, waistcoat, and breeches.
Página 395 - Greeting: We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct, do by these Presents Constitute and Appoint you to be an Officer in Our Land Forces from the twentieth day of February 1895.
Página 156 - Flies get entry into your mouth, into your eyes, into your nose ; you eat flies, drink flies, and breathe flies. Lizards, cockroaches, and snakes, get into the bed ; ants eat up the books ; scorpions sting you on the foot.
Página 332 - ... slavery itself; yet, had it drawn comparatively little attention, and though occasionally a voice had been raised against it, nothing had been practically effected. ' It was after four years' experience, and having well weighed and witnessed the consequences, that Mr. Jeremie drew up and submitted to Sir George Murray an argument in which this grave colonial question was treated in all its bearings. This at once caught the clear and quick eye of that eminent statesman. It met with his approbation,...
Página 137 - The strongest buildings and the whole of the houses, most of which were of stone, and remarkable for their solidity, gave way to the fury of the wind, and were torn up to their foundation ; all the forts destroyed, and many of the heavy cannon carried upwards of a hundred feet from the forts. Had I not been an eye-witness, nothing could have induced me to have believed it.