32 CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES. 



Indian pannier, or basket, with nothing in it but their 

 best clothes. When they reach the banks of the last 

 stream nearest town they don their finery, and cram 

 their unwilling feet into unaccustomed shoes, and then 

 limp painfully into the metropolis, conscious that they 

 are objects of envy and admiration. 



They are really prettier in the more becoming cos- 

 tume of the mountains — a simple dress gathered 

 about the hips, reaching to the knees ; and men and 

 boys handsomer in merely cotton pants, with broad 

 breast and muscular arms exposed. I have seen the 

 policemen, when in secluded country districts, walk- 

 ing with their shoes held carefully under their arm. 

 Though improvident of time, these people are very 

 careful of their clothing. 



Jean Baptiste came in one day with a bunch of 

 " grives," or large thrushes, which are excellent eating 

 and desirable specimens. At my request he went down 

 into the woods and showed me the tree on which, 

 morning and afternoon, they could be found feeding. 

 It was then noon, and I could not find any ; but next 

 morning I started out with the intention of bap-^inp; a 

 few. Heavy showers came down eveiw half-hour, 

 but I donned my rubber poncho, and waded on through 

 the wet forest, with my gun securely covered. My 

 course lay down the south ravine. On the hill to the 

 right was a tall Jiguier tree, the fruit of which is liked 

 by the birds. This fruit resembles in shape, size and 

 color, a cranberry, and is attached to the twigs in 

 clusters of two and three. 



Now, I could have sworn to the exact position of 

 that tree ; yet, having tramped doggedly through the 

 rain for more than half an hour without seeing any 



