The West Indies: the natural and physical history of the Windward and Leeward Colonies; with some account of the moral, social, and political condition of their inhabitants, immediately before and after the abolition of negro slavery / By Sir Andrew Halliday.

  • Andrew Halliday
Date:
1837
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Credit: The West Indies: the natural and physical history of the Windward and Leeward Colonies; with some account of the moral, social, and political condition of their inhabitants, immediately before and after the abolition of negro slavery / By Sir Andrew Halliday. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Chapter I. Page Voyage Out.—My Reasons for going to the West Indies.—The Packet-ship Pandora.—Her First Voyage and many good Qualities.—Arrival at Barbados in twenty-five Days . . 1 Chapter II. Barbados.—Advice gratis to those who intend to visit the West Indies.—First Impressions of the Country and People.— Description of the Island.—External Appearances.—Its component parts.—Discovery and first Colony.—Scotland, its Scenery, Mineral Wells, &c.—Burning Fountain.—Cur- rents of the Ocean.—Remarkable Fact connected with the Burning of the Kent East Indiaman.—Voyage of a Bottle. —Hurricanes, their Limits.—Frequency in certain Lati- tudes.—The most remarkable in Barbados mentioned . 8 Chapter III. The Hurricane op 1831.—A full Account of all the Phenomena previous to, and during the continuance of, this awful Visi- tation.—Anecdotes of Persons miraculously preserved, and of the force of the Wind.—Attempt to account for the Cause of these awful Visitations.—Regularity of the Under- current of Air, or Trade-Winds, blowing from East to West. —Proofs that an Upper-current blows from West to East. —Account of the Volcano of St. Vincent’s, in 1812.—Alarm created in Barbados.—The effects in St. Vincent’s . . 32 Chapter IV. Colonization.—Taken possession of by Settlers from England, in consequence of the Account of it brought home by a Dutch Captain.—Hay, Earl of Carlisle, made King of the West Indies.—Respectability of first Settlers.—The honour- able Conduct of their distinguished Descendants contrasted with Men in other Colonies.—Early Opinions respecting the African Slaves.—Free Tenants.—Their Character . . 52