AMONG THE CARIBS. 



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where, sporting in the water, were several naked 

 children, and a girl and woman washing clothes. Of 

 course, there was a general stampede as I crossed the 

 river ; and one could not have told, five minutes later, 

 but for the garments drying on the rocks, that there 

 had been a Carib near. I rode up a gentle eminence, 

 and was introduced to the house in which I was to 

 reside for a short time. But one family lived near, 

 an old Carib woman with live children. 



The first object conveying a hint of the proximity of 

 Salibia, the Carib village, is a cross — indicating the 

 religion of the people and the site of a cemetery. It 

 stands up lone and majestic, a background of hills 

 giving it prominence, its arms stretched out gaunt 



