------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. The volume is a collection of three (apparently) already published texts, each with its own title page, table of contents, and pagination. The table of contents for all three is repeated at the opening of the volume. The redundant tables have been retained. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ILLUSTRATIONS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU. ——o—— DEMERARA. ELLA OF GARVELOCH. WEAL AND WOE IN GARVELOCH. ——o—— _IN NINE VOLUMES._ VOL. II. ——o—— LONDON: CHARLES FOX, PATERNOSTER-ROW. --- MDCCCXXXIV. LONDON: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES, Duke-street, Lambeth. CONTENTS. DEMERARA. CHAP. PAGE 1. Sunrise brings Sorrow in Demerara 1 2. Law endangers Property in Demerara 14 3. Prosperity impoverishes in Demerara 28 4. Childhood is Wintry in Demerara 45 5. No haste to the Wedding in Demerara 58 6. Man worth less than Beast in Demerara 64 7. Christianity difficult in Demerara 81 8. The Proud covet Pauperism in Demerara 93 9. Calamity welcome in Demerara 103 10. Protection is Oppression in Demerara 113 11. Beasts hunt Men in Demerara 123 12. No Master knows his Man in Demerara 129