16 Mr. James Epps, Jun., on 
The ship came to anchor about two miles off the port, as the 
water here is very shallow. The excitement now commences in 
finding one’s luggage, and, when found, in the difficulty of getting 
it into a small boat. Then a row to shore, and the clearing the 
luggage at the Custom House, then finding a buggy to take one 
to the hotel, which is situated about a mile and a half from the 
quay. We at last arrived at the Queen’s Park Hotel, and 
enjoyed our breakfast in peace and quietness. The hotel is a 
most comfortable one, and is beautifully situated, facing the 
Savanna. It isa perfect paradise. The large tree growing in 
front is the Pithecolobium Berterianum. The streets are lit with 
electric light and are fairly clean, but badly paved. They at 
present have no underground sewage system. ‘The streets are 
picturesque, and the traveller is struck by the large number of 
black vultures, called the ‘‘corbeaux,’’ which are protected by 
law, as they are considered most useful scavengers, and eat up 
at once any dead animals or flesh which may be lying about, 
which in a hot country would soon become offensive. My 
manager was waiting for us with the buggy, and we were soon 
enjoying the quiet and beauty of our own cacao estate. On 
leaving the hotel one has to pass through a coolie village. The 
coolies usually prefer their own company and live apart from 
the negroes, also they usually choose to live on a main road. 
The sights to be seen when passing through the village are most 
interesting. The coolie children are very pretty, also the young 
girls and women. ‘The women and children are always heavily 
decorated with silver ornaments; the flesh of the arms of the women 
sometimes can hardly be seen, being so covered with silver bracelets ; 
anklets are also worn, necklaces and usually a nose ring, which 
is a great disfigurement. They walk most beautifully erect from 
childhood to old age, and one never sees an old woman doubled 
by age; this is partly due to a natural and wise way of dressing, 
also to the habit of carrying everything on their heads. It is 
markedly noticeable that when carrying loads on the head no 
balancing of the load is done with the neck, but from the hips. 
The skin of the coolie is a ight bronze, and the hair is dark and 
long. The coolie huts run along both sides of the road; they 
are mostly built of wood, some perhaps with a corrugated iron 
roof ; they are not picturesque, neither are they kept in spick and 
span neatness. The coolies usually work on the land; a few get 
a living at fruit and vegetable selling, others by selling foodstuffs, 
and others as jewellers. The number of jewellers is large; the 
jeweller usually occupies a small wooden hut, in front of which 
may be seen one or two coolies hammering out a bar of silver, and 
perhaps at their side a small show-case holding from one to two 
dozen bracelets or anklets. In front of other huts we see dis- 
played corn and meals for sale; in others fruits and vegetables, 
