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were offered, from the babe in arms to grown-up 

 boys and girls. But when the day of saiKng 

 came, Diana McKenzie alone of the motley array 

 of " pick'nies " accompanied us. In her native 

 costume, with bare feet, short skirt, and gay 

 plaid handkerchief worn as a turban, she was a 

 picturesque figure. Of pure African type, smiling 

 and gay, with her quaint bobbing courtesy, Diana 

 was an unfailing source of entertainment to the 

 passengers of the Juniata. Her sole possessions 

 on sailing were wrapped in a handkerchief. After 

 two years spent in this country, where she gave 

 most excellent service, and became skilled as a cook, 

 Diana returned to her own land. A large trunk 

 was now needed for her wardrobe, a stylish cloth 

 costume adorned her person, a hat with feathers 

 had supplanted the turban, her feet were tightly 

 encased in shoes, and she further was the proud 

 possessor of a watch and a muff. Nor had she 

 been a spendthrift, for she had in addition ten 

 shining sovereigns. Homesickness alone took 

 her away, and but a few months elapsed before 

 she wrote begging us to send passage-money that 

 she might come back to America. 



Seven days was spent on the trip to Tampa, for 

 we stopped at all the ports on the north shore of 

 Jamaica to gather our store of bananas. In this 

 way we saw Port Maria, St. Ann's Bay, Falmouth, 

 Montego Bay, and Lucea. As we made our way 



