Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 7Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1829 |
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Página 212 - Hayti, was introduced towards the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century. It was generally hoped that the cultivation of tobacco, freed from all the shackles of an odious monopoly, would furnish the Havannah with a very considerable object of commerce.
Página 63 - E.), and does not exceed that of Cairo and Lower Egypt. The difference between the mean temperature of the hottest and coldest months, rises to 12° in the interior of the island ; at the Havannah, and on the coast, to 8° ; at Cumana, to scarcely 3°. The hottest months, July and August, attain 28'8°, at the island of Cuba, perhaps 29'5° of mean temperature, as at the equator.
Página 479 - A woman, annoyed by the jealousy and well founded reproaches of her husband, conceived a project of the most barbarous vengeance. With the assistance of her lover she bound her husband with cords, and threw him, at night, into a bush of Mimosa cornigera. The more violently he struggled, the more the sharp woody thorns of the tree tore his skin. His cries were heard by persons who were passing, and he was found after several hours of suffering, covered with blood, and dreadfully stung by the ants.
Página 44 - They are, according to the most accurate calculations, in lat. 22° 58' 19" N., and long. 84° 40' 19" W. The decreasing level of the limestone formations of the island of Cuba towards the north and west, indicates the submarine connection of those rocks with the lands equally low of the Bahama Islands, of Florida and Yucatan. The central and western parts of the island contain two formations of compact lime96 ttont, one of clayey sandstone, and another of gypsum.