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handsome blue jacket and browsers. They wert 

 a fine looking couple. 



At the close of the ceremony, flowers were show- 

 ered down upon the bridal pair until I thought 

 they would be smothered under the load. Then, 

 amid another and more solemn chant from the 

 attendant maidens, the party left the church; the 

 newly married couple walking hand in hand like 

 little children. 



All now walked to the groom's house, situated a 

 little distance in the country. Here some matrons 

 and old men were in waiting, with presents of 

 necessary household articles, of no great value, 

 but altogether helping very materially to make 

 the young pair comfortable. As each one pre- 

 sented his- or her gift, a kiss and a graceful 

 " merci " from the bride was given as reward. An 

 ample supply of fruits and wine was then laid out 

 on mats upon the green, beneath the shade of 

 some cocoa nut palms, and here the day was passed 

 in quiet enjoyment, tLe evening closing with a 

 dance upon the green sward, to the music of a 

 most wretchedly played guitar. 



