The sun., 1896-01-26

S would pay to stamp the quartz, They had not
a month old raised their spirits. Their days
were spent out OF doors and their evenings In
lived Within % reae5. Their housekeepins kpRs was was
Us primitive rs their needs. ing the SOW
eral day. which We spent as their guests We
adopted their habits, exploring and watching
the gold washing by day. visiting in the even
inEs. and occupying the house only when We
In following the explorations OF the prospec.
tors. we constantly encountcred the sites of old
Spanish shafts. now almost oblltcratcd by vcge.
tatiun. The holes are wrll enough defined. how
ever. 10 show that in their method OF digging,
the followers of the Columllls family and their
successors were rs thorouShgo!ng as they had
been In the works OF construct ion still stand
ing at the capital. This neighborhoo9l must
der. indeed, that the Indian slaves hid them
selves IN caves "ntil they starved to death. or
sur toll etep tSs e ft" 10 inS .nSS
Meanwhile. the washing" Of river bed was
systematically pursued by our, hosts. ,Abont
twenty black women were industrl ouSly- and
esontentedly engaged, using the little wooden
rock. and with IL dcft circular motion in the
water washed out mt the end Of each operation
& few Elitierns grHin1 q @ tho IGec,ous metal.
and the stream diverted to q rough sluice box
into which ich several n"ily1 men with riek and
former river bed. The return Which we saw
%ns +, IN but fr",n the sommeroial point
OF view, " tlt moi seem 10 warrant tnt out
The early evening visits to the homes Of the
pri.nitlyc people we're refreshing diversions
from the walking trips We made during the
day. They have lost none OF the coniiding
nature which was the doom of their Carib an.
ccsOrS. and as they told of their little inter.
ests and ambi tions. and as the children prattlcd
away about their parents and playmates. using
frequently the charming Spanish diminu.
tive expressive of affection, they seemed happy
indeed in their utter exc usion from tho worry
and grind OF tho WORK day world beyond the
mountain about which they knew so little.
our descriptions OF machinery, OF the cleo
tric light, the locomotive, excited no evidence
Of interest among the men other than the re-
mark that people who had been to the capital
hal told them about such things. The chill
dren, tired after day spent In running over
the mountain sides, listened and answered
brightly while wo talked of birds and insects
and horses and games; but they grew sleepy
when the talk turned to great agencies and
products of civilization.
SO We passed our days at the head waters of
the Jane River, and II was with real reluc-
tancs that / bade our friends good by and
started on our homeward journey over the
Garth trails. Over the same route We came
mountain sides; over the rolling plateau and
its marvellous grass lands into the trails broad
ened by the modern sugar hunters; past the
modern brewery. into tho city OF San DOmin-
60, the scene OF the power Of Columbus and his
downfall: where he rued with the power of q
VicerOy and where later ho lay In u dungeon;
whence lie was taken In chains 10 Madrid and
where hin bones were brought In honor; where
the lovely Anacaona met her cruel fate, and
where her ashes lie In grave unknown.
81. JouS s. DURHAM.