An essay on colonization, particularly applied to the Western coast of Africa, with some free thoughts on cultivation and commerce; also brief descriptions of the colonies already formed, or attempted ... in Africa, including those of Sierra Leone and Bulama |
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Page 43
... Inflance in mentions the Portuguese town of St. Salvadore , which , “ not- * Essay on the Diseases , & c . p . 50 . St. Salva- dore . VI . CHA P. withstanding it lies 150 miles up with- MEANS OF PRESERVING HEALTH . 43.
... Inflance in mentions the Portuguese town of St. Salvadore , which , “ not- * Essay on the Diseases , & c . p . 50 . St. Salva- dore . VI . CHA P. withstanding it lies 150 miles up with- MEANS OF PRESERVING HEALTH . 43.
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... town * . No oak fhould be used in such houses , as the bug - a - bugs , or wood - ants , destroy it sooner than any other timbert . The ftructure of the dwellings of the negroes about Cape Mefurado , which , although on a dry foil , are ...
... town * . No oak fhould be used in such houses , as the bug - a - bugs , or wood - ants , destroy it sooner than any other timbert . The ftructure of the dwellings of the negroes about Cape Mefurado , which , although on a dry foil , are ...
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... town is fixed on , an- other kind of elevated houses ought to be erected , of a more permanent structure , and regular fituation , according to the elevation and section B , plate I. The ingenuity and utility of this ftructure does ...
... town is fixed on , an- other kind of elevated houses ought to be erected , of a more permanent structure , and regular fituation , according to the elevation and section B , plate I. The ingenuity and utility of this ftructure does ...
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... town comes to be built , and the lands divided , a house should first be built , and a garden laid out , for the chief himself ; and the garden should be kept in order till his own people have learnt the method of performing that ...
... town comes to be built , and the lands divided , a house should first be built , and a garden laid out , for the chief himself ; and the garden should be kept in order till his own people have learnt the method of performing that ...
Page 104
... towns established , that contain 500 or more males , above the age of fifteen , every fuch town to be confidered as a diftrict in itself , wherein VIII . every ten families fhall constitute a tything , every 104 HINTS ON THE ESSENTIALS.
... towns established , that contain 500 or more males , above the age of fifteen , every fuch town to be confidered as a diftrict in itself , wherein VIII . every ten families fhall constitute a tything , every 104 HINTS ON THE ESSENTIALS.
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Africa againſt alfo almoſt alſo anſwer APPENDIX Beaver beſt Britiſh buſineſs cauſe CHAP chief civilization climate coaft coaſt coloniſts colony commerce Company's confequence confiderable cultivation defire Directors Ditto Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhment European expenſe faid fame feems fent fervants fervice fettlers feveral fhall fhips fhore fimilar fince firſt fituation flave-trade flaves fome foon Foulahs Freetown French fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fugar fupply fupport governor Granville Sharp grumettas himſelf houſes increaſe Indies induſtry intereft iſland Jamaica John juſt King labour land laſt leaſt lefs Leona and Bulama Leona Company leſs meaſure Mifs moft moſt mulatto muſt natives neceffary negroes obferved perfons Portugueſe preſent propoſed provifions purchaſe purpoſe raiſed reaſon reſpecting river ſaid ſay Scotians ſee ſeems Senegal ſeveral ſhall ſhip ſhould Sierra Leona ſmall ſome ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion trade uſed veffels Weft Weſt whoſe