Notes on the West Indies : Written during the Expedition under the Command of the Late General Sir Ralph Abercromby (Paperback)

1. Author and his friends wait for General Whyte, and the Cork convoy; 2. Author apprehensive of fatiguing his friend with tales of delay and disappointment; 3. A common signal of alarm converted into an ensign of joy; 4. Creole languor from heat of climate; 5. A surgical operation performed with great dexterity by a negro; 6. General remarks concerning Barbadoes; 7. Further hope, and further disappointment; 8. Author separated from his long associated comrades; 9. Destination of the expedition; 10. Author again upon terra firma; 11. A detachment of the expedition proceeds to Berbische; 12. Barbadoes the metropolis of the West Indies; 13. Terms of capitulation of the colonies of the coast of Guiana; 14. The author is left in the colonies of Guiana, instead of proceeding to St. Domingo; 15. Bush Negroes in the woods of Guiana; 16. Description of house and furniture occupied by the medical staff at La Bourgade; 17. Author's duties lead him to the colony of Berbische; 18. Author embarks on board a commissariat sloop to proceed from Demarara to Berbische; 19. Situation of Fort St. Andrew; 20. A Dutch 'vendue' of slaves; 21. Politeness and hospitality of Governor Van Battenburg towards the author; 22. News reaches Berbische of the capture of the island of St. Lucia; 23. Indolence and visionary difficulties often the bane of our gratification.