The New York Review And Atheneum Magazine Vol 2

Excerpt from The New-York Review, and Atheneum Magazine, Vol. 2: December, 1825-May, 1826 On the voyage he touched at Bonavista, one of the Cape de Verde Islands. Here is a population of about three thousand excessively indolent, living miserably on a fertile soil, and dwel ling mostly in huts. The slaves are numerous, and are worked hard and treated with uncommon severity by the lazy masters, ma ny of whom, as it should seem from this narrative, are no whiter than themselves. The governor, a native of Portugal, dressed in a general's uniform, whom Capt. Weddell found on board a schooner of war in the bay, on hearing that he wanted a supply of poultry, sent him to make a bargain with his lady. He se cordingly proceeded to the palace, but found that a poultry merchant, who had the honour of being a governor's lady, was not to be approached without extraordinary formalities. An armed sentinel at the door refused to admit him until assured that his intentions were merely pacific and commercial; and after the same explanation with two others he succeeded in arriving into the presence of her ladyship, who was in the on] tr -yard, inspecting her stock of pigs, turkeys, and hens. Capt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.