“Daargradt,” plantation, i. 528.
Dancing, fondness of the French for, ii. 323, 426.
Excessive, of West Indian ladies, ii. 161.
Of slaves, i. 126.
At a wedding, ii. 325.
Dangers, slight regard of, by military men, ii. 144.
Davy, Lieutenant, hospitality and kindness of, i. 51.
Dead-lights, fixing the, at sea, i. 59.
Decree, French levelling, effects of the, ii. 437.
Delicacy, European female, injury of, i. 124, 344.
Demarara, capture of, from the Dutch, i. 328.
Robust inhabitants of, i. 337.
Coffee plantation, and orange grove at, i. 328.
Negro sale at, i. 340.
Hospitality at, i. 341.
Situation of, i. 357.
General observations relating to, ii. 258.
Prejudice against the climate of, unfounded, ii. 259.
Prolific soil of, ii. 260, 266.
Importance of, to the British, ii. 276.
Plantations of, how formed, ii. 262, 271.
Roads of, how formed, and kept in repair, ii. 263, 269.
Happy exemptions of, ii. 266.
Its seasons, ii. 267.
Its plan of government, _ib._
Wages of labour at, ii. 278.
Price of provisions, ii. 280.
Of colonial productions, _ib._
Of other articles of common use, ii. 281.
Destination, author’s probable change of, i. 8.
Diana frigate, author’s rescue on board the, i. 50.
Difficulties sometimes easily subdued, i. 459.
Dinner, at sea, description of a, i. 71.
A farmer’s, at Barbadoes, i. 202.
At Demarara, i. 381.
At Port au Prince, i. 431.
Diseases, surgical, fatality of, in Guiana, ii. 91, 284.
Distance, Dutch mode of computing, ii. 180, 226.
From Stabroek to “the falls,” _ib._
Doctors, colonial, consulted on yellow fever, ii. 57.
Dolphins, brilliant appearance of, i. 92.
Domingo, St. author ordered to, ii. 233.
Contemplations on the removal to, ii. 234.
Author’s voyage to, ii. 384.
His disappointments on arriving at, ii. 394.
General remarks relative to, ii. 492.
Discovery of, by Columbus, ii. 493.
Distance of, from England, _ib._
French division of, ii. 494.
The garden of the West Indies, ii. 496.
Sacrificed to an erroneous philosophy, ii. 501.
Effects of the revolt at, ii. 504.
Late population of, ii. 500.
Late exports from, _ib._
Importance of the waters of, ii. 498.
Hopeless invasion of, by the British, ii. 505, 516.
British ministers deceived regarding, ii. 516.
Disastrous state of the British army in, ii. 521.
Evacuation of, by General Maitland, ii. 522.
City of, when founded, ii. 493.
Dornford, Mr. perilous state of, ii. 318.
Decease of, ii. 349.
Dougan, Mr. rich plantation of, i. 350.
Kindness of, to his slaves, i. 351.
Captain, hospitality of, i. 383.
“Draxhall,” plantation, i. 195.
Drunkenness, Dutch military punishment for, ii. 22.
Dutch troops, brave conduct of, at Essequibo, ii. 116.