The History of the Maroons: From Their Origin to the Establishment of Their Chief Tribe at Sierra Leone : Including the Expedition to Cuba, for the Purpose of Procuring Spanish Chasseurs : and the State of the Island of Jamaica for the Last Ten Years : with a Succinct History of the Island Previous to that Period : in Two Volumes : Vol. I[-II] |
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Accompong Affembly of Jamaica affiftance affured againſt alfo anſwer Batabano Befucal Britiſh cafks Captain chaffeurs charge colonial commif commiffary commiffioner committee confequence confideration courſe Cuba defire diſpatched dogs Duke of Portland eftates eſtabliſhment expence faid fame fchooner fecurity feemed fent fervice fettled fettlement fettlers feveral fhall fhould fide firſt fituation flaves fmall fome foon ftate fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fugar fupply fupport furrender Governor of Nova greateſt Halifax happineſs Havanna himſelf Houfe of Affembly Houſe increaſe inftructed intereft iſland iſland of Jamaica Johnſon land letter Lord Balcarres mafters Majefty's Maroons Marquifa meaſure ment miffion moft moſt muſt neceffary negroes Nova Scotia obferved occafion paffed party Pedraffo perfons planters poffible pounds pounds currency prefent promife propofed purchaſe purpoſe raiſed reaſonable refidence refpecting roons Sierra Leone Company Sir John Wentworth ſmall Spaniards Spaniſh ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion uſe veffel Votes Walpole Weft whofe
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Page 1 - ... place limits to the operations of force, it has naturally no boundary but that in which force terminates — the destruction of the life against which the force is directed.
Page 1 - This is the principle which defends thofe extremities to which the violence of war ufually proceeds: for fince war is a conteft by force between parties...
Page x - ... and turbulent men, would place the proceedings of the Assembly on this occasion in a point of view equally odious with the conduct of Spain on the same blood-stained theatre in times past.
Page 49 - ... afforded by the woods. They drink nothing stronger than water, with which, when at a distance from springs, they are copiously supplied by the wild pine, by the black and grape withes, which are about two inches in diameter, and the roots of the cotton tree.
Page 51 - The pursuit of the game is entirely the province of the finder : the larger dogs, from their training, would pass a hog without notice ; were one of them to bark at a hog. he would be severely punished. The chasseurs beat their dogs most unmercifully, using the flat...
Page 44 - ... if he stirs. In this position they continue barking to give notice to the chasseurs, who come up and secure their prisoner. Each chasseur, though he can hunt only with two dogs properly, is obliged to have three, which he maintains at his own cost, and that at no small expense.
Page 48 - Qucerefida pecu* nia primitm est, it being thought that men can do more work than women. Deprived of connexions resulting from one of the chief laws of nature, and driven to desperation, the unhappy negroes, not unlike the first Romans, have been known to fly to neighbouring estates, seize on the women, and carry them off to the mountains.
Page 50 - For the wild pine they" (he is speaking of the Spanish chasseurs) " are obliged to climb trees ; but that they do almost with the velocity of a monkey. This plant takes root on the body of a tree, and the leaves of it are so formed as to catch the rain and conduct it to a reservoir at the base, where, being never exposed to the sun, it is found delightfully fresh and cool.
Page 45 - They are constantly constantly accompanied with one or two small dogs, called finders, whose scent is very keen, and always sure of hitting off a track. Dogs and bitches hunt equally well ; and the chasseurs rear no more than will supply the number required. This breed of dogs, indeed, is not so prolific as the common kinds, though infinitely stronger and hardier. The animal is the size of a very large hound, with ears erect, which are usually cropped at the points ; the nose more pointed, but...
Page xi - No reafonable allowance would be made for the wide difference exifting between the two cafes. Some gentlemen even thought that the co-operation of dogs with Britifh troops, would give not only a cruel, but alfo a very daftardly complexion to the proceedings of government. To thefe, and fimilar, objections it was anfwered, that the fafety of the ifland, and the lives of the inhabitants were not to be facrificed to the apprehenfion of perverfe mifconftruction or wilful mifreprefcntation in the mother...