 | Alexander Barclay - 1827 - 596 стор.
...selling them to the others. A hundred plaintains usually sold at five shillings, will purchase from sixty to seventy crabs ; and two of these, eaten with...amphibious, and are found in the low lands, principally in the woods, where, as I have already said, they are caught at night with torches. But they are numerous... | |
 | 1829 - 430 стор.
...selling them to the others. A hundred plantains, usually sold at five shillings, will purchase from sixty to seventy crabs, and two of these eaten with...amphibious, and are found in the low lands, principally in the woods, where, as I have already said, they are caught at night with torches. But they are numerous... | |
 | 1830 - 222 стор.
...flour barrel pierced with holes, in which their crabs arc kept. They are fed with plantain skins, Ac. and taken out and thrown into the pot as wanted. There...amphibious, and are found in the low lands, principally in the woods, where, as I have already said, they are caught at night with torches, But they are numerous... | |
 | 1830 - 596 стор.
...greatest West Indian delicacies, hardly less so than the turtle. They live in mountain forests, in strong ground, and feed on the fallen dry leaves of the trees. The white crab, as it is called {though rather purple than white), principally used by the Negroes, but also by the Whites, is larger,... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1830 - 612 стор.
...greatest West Indian delicacies, hardly less so than the turtle. They live in mountain forests, in strong ground, and feed on the fallen dry leaves of the trees. The white crab, as it u called (though rather purple than white), principally used by the Negroes, but also by the VVhite*.... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1830 - 598 стор.
...greatest West Indian delicacies, hardly less so than the turtle. They live in mountain forests, in strong ground, and feed on the fallen dry leaves of the trees. The white crab, at it is called (though rather purple than white), principally used by the Negroes, but also by the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 стор.
...greatest delicacies in the West Indies, not excepting even the turtle. These live in the mountain-forest, on stony ground, and feed on the fallen dry leaves...amphibious, and are found in the low lands, principally in the woods, where, as I have already said, they are caught at night with torches. But they are numerous... | |
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Negro family has an old flour barrel pierced with holes, in which their crabs are kept. They are fed with plantain skins, &c. and taken out and thrown into the pot as wanted. There is a great variety of crabs in Jamaica, of which two only are eaten. The... 