The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-19

hoard. With. plenty Of stones abound us and
| with lime and sand. the building Of any kind
| Of small house ~ too simple 4 matter to need
make us substantisI, wallis. and timbers.
stones, and plaster viii root them. There is no
We have S IRE TO V burn through thc trunks Of
trees. II our stay. were to extend over months
ns adj RsSasD' hS m Tssh
impicments would be among the earliest
shs a sssGHni Island Snff h sSs s soa %
What Two sp north a a
omitted some things. when we were. taken
s a and .ass sTn sh w and hs AREA
Sood su PeS y W a We nventea number
trade with the first. vessel that came along.
Tss ont, real we had nS wa; ,s ,ns
ss'S IN had s'. seed there snS
which when dried made a passable substitute.
but they had not the true ipwardness o, the
have had cold to battle with instead Of heat.
our methods would Of oouree have been some
the same. You see It is lot an easy matter, to
starvo men who have some little knowledge
aIMsys seemed to me- one Of tho
strangest facts OF this shipwreck. that whom
we were discovered and taken OF We were pres, ear T.,
an old settled country, and under the British
nag. were no further advanced in the arts OF
Island ksn. ,n rs S faaE e
WAS q trading schooner bound from Caracas
for the Of HSoSt oR Ss
wrecked in the American Consul took us in
charge and kent us Until there was vas, chance n Fc
steamer. and had q good, chance to see
nGW The sd T5s sEs few
Is We did et oehos It l. Ssry much ,the WAY VA,
year or two. with some additional drawbacks.
They have no money whatever. the negroes:
s sna sd AS for few il Red
very much to see how they live To begin
with. they can have land without even asking
iato rs 6Sa& to leave hSms , and set Mp 59s
to yh'i saeers %Sn stones
nTd small house S q one SsntS and
a'RI f % ana he sH tie
two or three earthen pots. and is ready t. set
uG hSo,useke e have seen these fellows 9SS
Rad sf to the s pabs ss Schools and cod
and write. and who had sometimes visited the
other Islands who had absolutely netting IN
"a corn miliY ~
mill IS the West India dairy idea Of me- modern
machinery. 1t is about rs big rs four coffee
mills mn has handle am on each side; so that
Il s'f iets his Rs CORN nu stand in tho ed ali hs
Or makes his wife do it, for that DAYS needs;
hominy. He makes a basket tray. about two
feet across and three inches deep. and shakes
in tho wind. The meal sticks in the corners
and tho wind blows or the, cEafl. or husks.
This is his sole food. excert the fruit he raises
tsometmes on hi~ neishbor's trees. the isn
chickens These mountain chickens are i'm
mense frogs hall rs ig as cats. that are , con
taken and sold for they bring a good price.
You may wonder what Kind OF clothes such
ch hSss the
children 60 naked. hole is cut in the top for
head ana one At each ssS e TIE
thing as a lookns-gass in their settlements.
elear " st sire stream. which answers the same
sharp edge. OF a broken bottle for a razor. and |
shave as clean as whistle. When they have |
u light at night it Ia from oil extracted either
from u turtle or some animal they have killed. |
with half a coroanut shell for u lamp and a |
cocoanut fibre wick. |
After seeing how these people lived we |
conc udcd that we h ID dIne pretty we'll In five |
weeks on Cchoa. We had everything they |
have except corn and fruit. which. Of course. II
was impossible for US to raise. We should |
have had great many luxuries by the end Of |
a year. hut the Dominicans have been living
beyond the thatch- roof stage yet"