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At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies

Автор Charles Kingsley

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Дата написания1970-01-01

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Mimusops Balata.

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Bactris.

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Euterpe oleracea.

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Croton gossypifolium.

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Moronobea coccinea.

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Norantea.

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Spondias lutea (Hog-plum).

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Desmoncus.

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Heliconia.

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Spathiphyllum canufolium.

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Galbula.

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Dieffenbachia, of which varieties are not now uncommon in hothouses.

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Xanthosoma.

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Calathea.

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Pentaclethra filamentosa.

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Brownea.

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Sabal.

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Ficus salicifolia?

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Quoted from Codazzi, by Messrs. Wall and Sawkins, in an Appendix on Asphalt Deposits, an excellent monograph which first pointed out, as far as I am aware, the fact that asphalt, at least at the surface, is found almost exclusively in the warmer parts of the globe.

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Blechnum serrulatum.

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Geological Survey of Trinidad; Appendix G, on Asphaltic Deposits.

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Mauritia flexuosa.

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American Journal of Science, Sept. 1855.

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Chrysobalanus Pellocarpus.

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Mauritia flexuosa.

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See Mr. Helps’ Spanish Conquest in America, vol. ii. p. 10.

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Jambosa Malaccensis.

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Oiketicus.

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Phytelephas macrocarpa.

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Humboldt, Personal Narrative, vol. v. pp. 728, 729, of Helen Maria Williams’s Translation.

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Costus.

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Scleria latifolia.

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Panicum divaricatum.

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Scleria flagellum.

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Echites symphytocarpa (?).

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Ochroma.

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Pronounced like the Spanish noun Daga.

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See Bryan Edwards on the character of the African Negroes; also Chanvelon’s Histoire de la Martinique.

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This man, who was a friend of Dâaga’s, owed his life to a solitary act of humanity on the part of the chief of this wild tragedy. A musket was levelled at him, when Dâaga pushed it aside, and said, ‘Not this man.’

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People will smile at the simplicity of those savages; but it should be recollected that civilised convicts were lately in the constant habit of attempting to escape from New South Wales in order to walk to China.

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I had this anecdote from one of his countrymen, an old Paupau soldier, who said he did not join the mutiny.

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One of his countrymen explained to me what Dâaga said on this occasion—viz., ‘The curse of Holloloo on white men. Do they think that Dâaga fears to fix his eyeballs on death?’

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Sabal.

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Panicum sp.

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Inga.

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Ficus.

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Æchmæa Augusta.

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Dicoteles (Peccary hog).

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Cælogenys paca.

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Dr. Davy (West Indies, art. ‘Trinidad’).

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Maximiliana Caribæa.

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M. regia.

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I quote mostly from a report of my friend Mr. Robert Mitchell, who, almost alone, did this good work, and who has, since my departure, been sent to Demerara to assist at the investigation into the alleged ill-usage of the Coolie immigrants there. No more just or experienced public servant could have been employed on such an errand.

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Cassicus.

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Asclepias curassavica.

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Hydrocyon.

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Serrasalmo.

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Spathiphyllum cannifolium.

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Pothomorphe.

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Enckea and Artanthe.

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Ischnosiphon.

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Pithecolobium (?).

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Paritium and Thespesia.

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Couroupita Guiainensis.

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Personal Narrative, vol. v. p. 537.

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Lecythis Ollaris, etc.

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Çaryocar butyrosum.

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Manicaria.

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Pteris podophylla.

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Jessenia.

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Gulielma speciosa.

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Aspects of Nature, vol. ii. p. 272.

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Synetheres.

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Carolinea insignis.

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Montrichardia.

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Manicaria.

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Schleiden’s Plant: a Biography. End of Lecture xi.

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Curatella Americana.

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Rhopala.

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Utricularia.

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Drosera longifolia.

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Personal Narrative, vol. iv. p. 336 of H. M. Williams’s translation.

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Personal Narrative, vol. v. p. 725.

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Carapa Guianensis.

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Feuillea cordifolia.

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Nectandra Rodiæi.

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Manna.

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Trigonocephalus Jararaca.

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Canavalia.

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Trigonia.

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Tellina rosea.

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Xiphogorgia setacea (Milne-Edwards).

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Cytherea Dione.

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Mactrella alata.

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Boa-constrictor.

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Eunec urnus.

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Ardea Garzetta.

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Mycetes ursinus.

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Penelope.

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Myrmecophaga tridactyla.

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Priodonta gigas.

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In 1858 they were computed as—

Roman Catholics . . . 44,576

Church of England . . . 16,350

Presbyterians . . . 2,570

Baptists . . . 449

Independents, etc. . . 239

From Trinidad, its Geography, etc. by L. A. De Verteuil, M.D.P., a very able and interesting book. I regret much that its accomplished author resists the solicitations of his friends, and declines to bring out a fresh edition of one of the most complete monographs of a colony which I have yet seen.

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See Mr Keenan’s Report, and other papers, printed by order of the House of Commons, 10th August 1870.

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