90 CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES. 



CHAPTER VII. 



SOCIAL LIFE, APPEARANCE, AND LANGUAGE OF 

 THE CARIBS. 



HAPPY CHILDREN. CLEANLINESS. PRIMITIVE INNOCENCE. 

 A MODEST MAIDEN. DRESS. FACE AND FIGURE. FLAT- 

 TENING THE FOREHEAD. UGLY MEN AND WOMEN. CARIB 

 HOSPITALITY. THE BASKET- WEAVER. TROPIC NOONTIDE. 

 RELIGION. THE DYEN'G WOMAN. A LOST SKELETON. BURIAL 

 OF THE DEAD. THE WAKE. ST. VINCENT CARIBS. TWO DIA- 

 LECTS. THE AROWAKS. AN AGREEABLE TONGUE. VOCAB- 

 ULARY. CALIBAN A CARIB, AND CRUSOE'S MAN FRIDAY. 

 CRUSOE'S ISLAND. BLACK CARIBS. WEAPONS AND UTENSILS 

 OF STONE. "THUNDERBOLTS." CARIB SCULPTURE. A SAC- 

 RIFICIAL STONE. WHENCE CAME THEY? THEIR NORTHERN 

 LIMIT. A SOUTHERN ORIGIN. THEIR LOST ARTS. A DYING 

 PEOPLE. 



THE Carib children should be the happiest on 

 earth. Unencumbered by clothing, they wan- 

 der over the hills and along the shore as they feel 

 disposed. The rocky rivers give them delightful re- 

 treats from the sun, where they paddle in the pools, 

 hunt for crayfish, and sleep upon the broad bosoms 

 of the rocks. Either from habits of cleanliness or 

 love of the water, every member of a household takes 

 a daily bath in the river. They are consequently 

 always clean, and, though ragged, are entirely free 

 from those odors which make the sable brother so 

 offensive. If their garments get soiled, they soon re- 



