SUMMARY OF CONTENTS- 



CHAPTER I. 



ORIGIN of this work, page 1 — Emigration meritorious, 2 — Sea-sickness, 

 how moderated, 3 — Cork adapted to be the store-house of West-Indian produce 

 for Europe, 5 — Madeira grape cultivable in the British West-Indies, 6 — Coast 

 of Guyana descried, 8 — Mouth of the Courantine, 9 — Mouth of the Berbice, 

 11 — Mouth of the Demerary, 12 — Precautions requisite for a passenger to the 

 West-Indies, 14 — Ruinous effect of the climate on British-built shipping, 16— 

 Navigation act criticised, 17. 



CHAPTER II. 



Landing at Stabroek, 24 — First impression of the town, 25 — Of the house- 

 hold manners, 21 — Water-carriage, 28 — River Demerary, 29 — Allotments on 

 its banks, 30— Police of the bridges, canals, and punts, 31 — Flatness of the 

 land, 32 — Diamond-point, 32 — Reynestein, 33— Hospitality and hammock- 

 sleeping, 34 — Fort-island, 35 — Sand-hills and springs, 36— Dutch planters, 37 

 — Treatment of negroes, 38 — Rapids of the Demerary, 39. 



CHAPTER III. 



Description of Stabroek, its wharfs, or stellings, 40 — Want of inns, 41— 

 State of the drama, 42 — General use of concubines, 43 — Superior beauty of the 

 mestees, 44 — Apartments scrubbed with lemons, 46 — General habit of smoak- 



ing segars, 47 — Pepper-pot and other soups used at breakfast, 48 — Humility of 



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