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A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. 



There are three or four papers published in Curagao, and one that 

 I came across was printed in the Papamiento dialect. After I had 

 read some of it, I did not wonder that I found it difiicult to under- 



MOrNTAIN AT nURACAO. 



stand. I give below an advertisement with the corresponding 

 Spanish, so that they may be compared : — 



Plateria . . . 



Caya Grandi. 



E winkel aki ta ofrece na pu- 

 blico su sirbishi, garantizando 

 tur trabauw pa bon ejecucion i 

 bon ousto. Tambe tin di beende 

 un erran surtido di, etc. 



Plateria. 



Calle Grande. 



El aqui a ofrecer al pu- 

 blico sus servicios, guarantizando 

 todo trabajo para buen ejecucion 

 y buen gusto. Tambien tiene y 

 viende un gran surtido de, etc. 



In Papamiento the name Curagao is spelled Corsouw. It is a 



