Download or read book Twenty five Years in British Guiana Edited by Vincent Roth With Plates Including a Portrait written by Henry KIRKE and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Life in Guyana The later years 1923 1935 written by Vincent Roth and published by Peepal Tree Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second volume of Vincent Roth's Guyana memoirs, Vincent is a mature adult who is very sure of himself and bound to his adopted country. Roth's memoirs, while revealing colonial petty-minded bureaucracy, jumped-up officialdom, and incompetence, nevertheless present a picture of a country that worked, where the mail reached the remotest parts of the interior, but where the obliterating power of nature over human effort had to be constantly resisted.
Download or read book Twenty Five Years in British Guiana Classic Reprint written by Henry Kirke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Twenty-Five Years in British Guiana How much do we not owe to the many diaries and'. Reminiscences written by Englishmen and Frenchmen during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? So, despite Mrs. Oliphant's strictures, and disregarding the fact that some indolent reviewers, if they condescend to notice this book, may put me down as a garrulous and vain old man, I shall proceed to write down my Recollections of British Guiana as it was during my connection with the colony from 1872 to -in the hope that my readers, gentle or otherwise, may find something therein both to amuse and instruct them. 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.
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Download or read book Twenty Five Years in British Guiana written by Henry Kirke and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX C The following most amusing case between two Africans occurred in Mr. Turk's court, and was most inimitably reported by Mr. McTurk. Of course the spelling is conjectural and phonetic: -- William Henry summoned Thomas Hercules to answer an alleged charge of theft. Complainant asserted that defendant had stolen his duck, value five shillings. While the complaint was being read, defendant listened without interruption until the alleged value of the duck, five shillings, was stated, when he made the remark, "Duck price raise fo' true!" On being called upon to plead to the charge, he replied, "Wa da? Da tough, tough, someting fo' five shillin'; man no ha conseience. Bin sevin bit an' a half, fine someting; but whole five shillin' Guilty? No, sah, me isn't guilty. Hello!" The complainant was then sworn, and in answer to the magistrate stated that he lived at Water Lot, in the county of Essequibo. The defendant interrupted, said this statement was a lie, "cause he lib a' one trash house, inside cow-pasture." Proceeding, complainant stated that on a certain day he "bin hab one duck-drake, and de duck-drake always does walk in de trench wid de duck-hen; dem da catch shrimmies. One big trench bin deh right a we do' mout', me honour, an' we bin lib one side de trench and Tammas de oddah. Me always does see how Tammas does watch dem duck, hungry fashion." Happening this moment to look at the defendant, complainant wanted to know "da who you a cut you yiye 'pon?" Defendant simply remarked, "You see um!" Complainant, who was becoming excited, continued, saying he "bin see how Tammas does watch dem duck, hungry fashion." Thomas here audibly sucked his teeth, at which complainant became more excited, and hurriedly said, "Look da nagah mout', me...
Download or read book 25 YEARS IN BRITISH GUIANA written by Henry 1842-1925 Kirke and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Twenty five Years in British Guiana by Henry Kirke written by Henry Kirke and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Soldier s Sojourn in British Guiana Edited by Vincent Roth Etc With Illustrations written by Thomas Staunton SAINT CLAIR and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Twenty Five Years in British Guiana Scholar s Choice Edition written by Henry Kirke and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book A Life in Guyana A young man s journey 1889 1923 written by Vincent Roth and published by Peepal Tree Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an eighteen year old, Vincent Roth arrived in British Guiana in 1907 to join his father, who was a Government Medical Officer and Magistrate. By the time he left for Barbados in 1964, Roth had spent thirty years in the interior working as a surveyor and magistrate until blackwater fever nearly killed him. Thereafter he contributed immensely to the development of Guyana as a journalist, naturalist, historian, rebuilder of the national museum and founder of the zoo in the Botanical Gardens. From an early age Vincent Roth kept a detailed, account of his experiences, often illustrated with sketches and later by watercolours, and it was from these hand-written journals that his son-in-law, Michael Bennett, edited this book. This first volume covers his early years as a child abandoned to relatives in France, Scotland and London, his reuniting at the age of twelve with his father and step-mother in Australia, his arrival in British Guiana and the first fifteen years of his work in the interior. Blessed with insatiable curiosity, a capacious and exacting memory, Vincent Roth writes vividly of surveying expeditions up the Demerara River, in the North West District, to Arakaka, Morawhanna and Moruca. There are gripping descriptions of the hazards of river travel, hauling up waterfalls and shooting rapids, and the outsize characters of the river captains such as Captain Blood, and their skill and daring. There are fascinating accounts of the peoples of the interior, the Amerindians, the porkknockers, balata bleeders, gold miners, coffee growers and smugglers. Read Roth and you'll know how to pan for gold and diamonds! Deadly snakes, tiger-cats, sloths, water-dogs, hairy bird-eating spiders, rampaging wild hogs and birds of all descriptions provide Roth with moments of wonder, alarm, food - and (as a enthusiastic taxidermist) specimens to stuff. In this volume Roth grows from callow youth to energetic and opinionated manhood, constantly getting under the skin of petty-minded colonial officials - and developing a deep, though sometimes exasperated, love for Guyana. Between 1907 and 1964, Vincent Roth contributed immensely to the development of Guyana, first as a surveyor in the interior, then as a journalist, historian and naturalist.
Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Twenty five Years in British Guiana With Map and Illustrations written by Henry KIRKE and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book British Guiana A Description of the Colony with Plates and a Map written by British Empire Exhibition, 1924, 1925 (WEMBLEY). British Guiana and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
