A Voyage to the Demerary, Containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements There, and of Those on the Essequebo, the Berbice, and Other Contiguous Rivers of Guyana
A Voyage to the Demerary, Containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements There, and of Those on the Essequebo, the Berbice, and Other Contiguous Rivers of Guyana
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1813 edition. Excerpt: ...boiling pitch pots, and many other delicate etceteras, to embark on board the yacht. The colonial offices, namely, the fiscal's, receiver's and secretary's, are situated behind the government house, and are all built of brick. There are two taverns in New Amsterdam, both of which have billiard tables. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1813 edition. Excerpt: ...boiling pitch pots, and many other delicate etceteras, to embark on board the yacht. The colonial offices, namely, the fiscal's, receiver's and secretary's, are situated behind the government house, and are all built of brick. There are two taverns in New Amsterdam, both of which have billiard tables. At one of them is a table d'hote daily for the convenience of travellers passing through the town, or planters from the country. This house also affords accommodation for slinging hammocks. I have had mine slung without the least ceremony in the same room with a Dutch surgeon and his wife, who slept in separate hammocks, and the only partition be-;.' '.: . = tween us consisted of a piece of thin cotton bagging extended from the sides of the room, reaching half way up to the ceiling. I was not aware of this arrangement until I was conducted to my chamber, when I recognised the voices of the Dutch lady and gentleman I had dined with at the ordinary. We each exchanged a polite "goed nagt" before going to sleep. In the morning after breakfast I called for my bill, and, as it may be a novelty, I in sert it. I., _ Playing six games of billiards, lOst.--30 A glass of sangaree----1 10 A bunch of segars-'.... i Q Dinner---"-... 5 10 Wine--.---.-20 Two cups of coffee, 5 st.----0 10 Billiards in the evening--.. 1 10 Sangaree, 2 glasses-....30 Slinging your hammock---. 30 Two cups of coffee in the morning--0 10 Breakfast...... 3 o Cleaning boots-010 Twenty-five gilders is 21. Is. 8d. sterling; so much for the tavern expences of little more than two meals at an ordinary. The eager hospitality of this country, soon placed me in a private house, beyond the reach of such imposing charges. The fortifications are of no great import; fort St....
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