CHAPTER II. 



SUGAB. GRINGALET IN THE MOLASSES TANK. 1,'ENCUERA- 



DO'S OBSTINATE IDEA. AN INDIAN SUPPEK. 



npHE breakfast was a cheerful one, thanks to the Spanish 

 -*- wine spoken of by our host. The Indian laborers, with 

 their wives and children, assembled in inquisitive groups 

 round the windows of the dwelling. Lucien certainly car- 

 ried the day, for he it was that they chiefly sought to see. 

 As for Gringalet, he was much less cordially received by 

 his brother-dogs belonging to the place ; consequently, he 

 scarcely left his young master's side, and showed his teeth 

 incessantly. 



Sumiohrast wishing, before we set out again, to explain 

 to his pupil how sugar was made, took him to the mill, sit- 



