Daily Republican., 1888-09-08
HORNINs IN nARrEaIQUs.

Mornings aold sunFine. The wind
The sen 10 deep indigo, the sky q cloud
less and tender blue. Martinique looms
before ne, At aFSt II appears eli gray
"a vspory graz then Il becomes blush
gray, then all green. II 10 another of
the beautiful volcanic family; IL owns
tho same bill shapes with which We
have already become aoquaintedj It's
uppermost height 10 hooded with the
familiar e'oudi we see the sam geld
yellow plains, the same wonderful W.
4 rieties OF vaFdAncy, the same long green
spurs reaching out into the seA--doubt-
leAs formed by old lava torrents. But
all this Is now repeated for IA more i'm.
poIipgly, more grAndiouslyj Il IL
wrought upon larger scale than any.
thing we have yet seen. The Bemielr-
oulAr sweep Of the hArbor, dominated
By the oternAlly yelled summit OF the
huge Mount Pelee (mIsuAmed, since Il
IL green to the very olouds), from which
the land Hopes down on either hand TO
the sen by gigantic undulAtions, IL one
/ Of the fAiTest sights that human eye
can gaze upon. Thus viewed, tho whole
Island shape 10 9 mass OF blazing green,
with nireAks or shadows OF darker
green here and there-Rlooms OF forest
holloWa or lowering shadows OF . cloud.
The city OF 81. Pierre, on the edge Of
the land, looks % II Il had Blided down
the entire height OF the hill behind 1t,
so strangely do the streets come tum
bling down the steep in oAsoAdes OF me
tOnEy, with . red billoWipR of tiled
folfs over all, and enormous palms
pokinR up through 1t, higher even than
the creamy white twin towers OF Its
AutiquAted cathedral.
We anchor in limped blue water; the
0Annsn shot is ans Wered by prolon Red
thunder olapping OF mountain echoes,
Then from the shore . strange hotilla
bears down upon us, There 10 ons boat,
two or three canoes; but the bulk of the
craft are simply white wooden frames
Hat bott0med structures made from
shipping oAses or lard boxer, with trl-
angular ends. In all OF these sit naked
boya-boys between 10 and IA years OF
age-vAryinR In color from . fine clear
yellow to q deep reddish brown or
chocolate tint They row with two lit.
tie square fiat pieces Of wood for pad
dies, olutched In each hand, and these
lii-shAped things Ara dipped Into the
water on either aide with absolute pre-.
oision, in perfect time, all the pairs OF
little naked arms seeming moved By .
single impulse. There IL much unoon-
solOus grace In this padding, - we'll As
o0nsum mate sktll. Then all about the
ship these Ridiculous little boats begin
II describe clrcles, crossing and inter-
crossing 30 CLOSELY rs almost to bring
them into collision, yet never touching.
The boys have almrly come out 10
dive for coins they expect passengers to
fling to then. ALI are chAtterlDR creole.
Laughing, and screaming shrillJ every
eye, quick and bright as Dird'e,
watches the faces OF the passengers on
deck. "Ten- tlon-lA" shrek . dozen
soprani; some passengers hand has de.
soended Into . money pocket, and all
are on the alert Through the air,
|twirling ard RlltterinR, tumbles Al
English shilling, and drops into the
water hey ond the little fleet Instantly
ell the lads leap, scramble, topple
head foremost out Of their little tabs,
aud dive In pursuit. In the blue water
their 1.-THE figures look pretty red, all
but the eoles OF their upturned feet,
which show quite white. Almost imme
distely they oil rise again; one holds MP
OF arms length above the water tho re-
covered coin, and then puts It into his
mouth for safe keeping. Coin after coin
is thrown IN, and ss speedily brought
up; shower OF small silver follows,
aud not piece Is lost. These lads move
through the water without Appsrent ef.
fort, with the supplepess Of fishes. Most
are decidedly fine looking boys, with
admirably rounded limbs, delioately
formed extremities. The best diver
and swiftost SWIMMER, however, 10 n
emo cOlored lad; his iAcs lie rather
commonplace, but his slim figure
has the fiaent grace OF an antique
bronze.