Chapter III. 



The land around the huts; is cidtivated for a short distance 

 onlv. As is usual in tropical countries, the indolence of the 

 population limits the production of the soil to the amount which 

 is strictly necessary to sustain life. There is no trace of 

 co-operation. Each family owns its hut and its Held, which it 



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cultivates for its owni exclusive use. Agricultural laboin- is 

 performed entirely by women. They cultivate plantain, egg- 

 fruit, potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans, maize, dura, cotton, sesame 

 and sugar-cane. A delicious fruit, always cool and refreshing, is 

 the pawpaw. 



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