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piled up beside a crushing-mill driven by an electric 

 motor. A bunch of canes was quickly sent through the 

 rollers, the juice was collected in a receptacle beneath, 

 strained, emptied into a large glass pitcher, and then 

 served to us in tall tumblers, into which small lumps of 

 ice had first been put. The juice has a very pale 

 greenish tint. The juvenile members of the party 

 unqualifiedly pronounced the beverage 'good," and 

 called for more, as also did their elders, who at first 

 seemed to be dubious, and inclined to question the 

 statement of the writer that the fluid is palatable, and 

 far less likely to be injurious to the stomach than in the 

 condensed form of candy. We purchased a basket of 

 tropical fruits, - custard-apples, sapodillas, papaws, 

 avocado-pears, and oranges. The best oranges pro- 

 duced in South America are said to be grown at Bahia. 

 The seedless orange, now so extensively cultivated in 

 the United States, originated in the neighborhood of 

 that place, and the first plants were imported thence 

 into North America. Leaving the fruit-store the 

 ladies of the party did a little shopping, after which we 

 found our way back to the steamer, which soon began 

 to plow her way out into the ocean. 



We called at Bahia two days later, arriving about ten 

 o'clock at night. We sailed early on the morning of the 

 following day. None of the passengers went on shore. 



The voyage from Bahia to Trinidad was said to be 

 likely to consume from eight to nine days. We there- 

 fore settled down to the routine of an easy life on board, 

 the program of which was made up of eating, sleeping, 

 bathing in the big canvas tank, conversation, reading, 

 games on the deck during the daytime, whist, music, 

 and dancing at night. We kept nearer the coast, as we 

 came up, than we had as we went down on the outward 



