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CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES. 



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past a clump of 

 cacaos, shaded 

 by tall trees, and 

 then past a group of 

 groo-groo and gris-gris 

 palms. These palms are 

 erect and straight, but 

 aside from their own 

 graceful beauty, they are 

 enriched and encircled by 

 a clustering vine, throw- 

 ing out a mass of large, 

 perforated leaves. This 

 vine climbs up the trunk 

 by clinging closely — a 

 slender thread of a vine, 

 which throws out, when 

 it has attained a certain 

 height, a cluster of leaves. 

 As there are numberless 

 climbers, and as each 



