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you^ll take your bath and siesta until four. Yovi 

 will then find us here. However, you must do as 

 you like. Liberty is the motto here." 



At the hour agreed upon, I rejoined my host and 

 his family, thoroughly refreshed by the bath and 

 rest. Peppina and Kosita had dressed themselves 

 for the occasion most beautifully and becomingly ; 

 the former in a yellow silk dress, covered with black 

 lace, and the other in rose-coloured China satin, 

 with black velvet trimmings. In their black and 

 shining locks Avas no ornament but the flowers of 

 the pomegranate. 



I pass over the details of the dinner, which was 

 delicious, and of the evening, which passed in sing- 

 ing, chatting, and arranging a thousand plans. It 

 is only necessary to record that, just as we were 

 about to think of retiring, a timid voice was heard 

 from under the piazza, saying, " Massa ! " It was 

 one of Don Manoels negroes. 



" Ah ! is that you. Tybald ? What's the matter 

 at this time of night ? " 



" Jess come up from the fishery, massa, and the 

 tunnies are come, and there'll be capital fishing to- 

 morrow." 



" Give Tybald a piastre and a bottle of treacle- 

 rum,^^ cried Don Manoel, " for his good news. The 

 tunnies were never more welcome in Winyan Bay, 

 for they will amuse our guest. So good night, Ty- 

 bald: be here to-morrow morning at six o'clock. 



