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Klappentext An army surgeon's detailed account of the West Indies in 1796 1797! first published in 1806. Zusammenfassung This detailed description of Dr Thomas Pinckard's voyage to, and residence in, the West Indies in 1796–1797 provides much information on the people of the area as seen through western eyes. Writing in the genre of informal letters to a friend, he comments at length on everything he saw. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.
