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CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES. 



or octoroons ; among them are many pleasant faces 

 with regular features, and some are even handsome. 

 The colored Creole of French extraction is notably 

 handsomer than those of Scotch or English, and more 

 graceful and pleasing. The washerwomen and do- 

 mestics sometimes wear their dress with one shoulder 



and arm exposed, and 

 to such an extent was 

 this carried but two 

 years ago that a law 

 was passed regulat- 

 ing the extent of ex- 

 posure. 



Passionately fond 

 of jewelry, these 

 ladies of the street 

 carry their ornamen- 

 tation to an exagger- 

 ated length. It is 

 not uncommon to 

 meet one of them 

 with great coils of 

 beads around the 

 neck, with immense 

 earrings, brooches at 

 the throat, lockets and medallions suspended from 

 massive chains, and the turban completely covered 

 with pins and brooches, and the ringers with rings. 

 The earrings of this class deserve especial mention, 

 as they exceed in size anything worn elsewhere in 

 the West Indies. The most gorgeous and most 

 coveted are those composed of five gold cylinders, 

 each as large as a lady's little finger, bound to- 



