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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 apprehensive of having wearied his friend with the detail of his river excursion; 2. Captain Maxwell and the author make an excursion to Mynheer Roboloski's; 3. Medical discussions promoted by Governor an Battenburg; 4. Author apprehensive lest his unanswered notes should provoke feelings of repentance in his friend; 5. Author suddenly recalled to the colony of Demarara on account of increased sickness among the troops; 6. Author called from La Bourgade to Mahaica, on account of the prevailing sickness among the troops; 7. Barbarous murder of a slave; 8. Troops sickly; 9. Visit to Major Prauel's; 10. Author addresses his friend by means of some officers returning to England; 11. Delayed departure of officers returning to England; 12. The author narrowly escapes falling a victim to 'yellow fever', considers himself initiated, and free of the West Indies; 13. Hospitality and friendly attentions of the colonists towards the author; 14. News from England implies a wide spreading war, and a transformation of the coalition against France; 15. Author receives letters from England; 16. South American Rangers go into barracks near the hospital; 17. Christmas weather in Guiana; 18. Author again visits Mynheeer Bercheych; 19. Author addresses his friend on returning from the burial of a comrade; 20. Coincidence of fever and the spring tides; 21. Attack of the Spaniards from Oronoko; 22. Fatal effects of misconduct under prosperity; 23. Author accompanies a party upon an interesting excursion up the river Demarara; 24. The author's horse a victim to the climate; 25. Celebration of the Stadtholder's birth-day; 26. Little things sometimes made important; 27. Author addresses his friend on the anniversary of his arrival in Guiana; 28. Author transcribes for his friend some notes on the general subject of the colonies; 29. Concerning the seasoning, or yellow fever; 30. The commandant receives final instructions for the author to proceed to St. Domingo; 31. Author's adieu....
