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coloured rags to parade the streets in groups and pro- 

 cessions and to dance on the beach to some simple 

 music till eleven o'clock or later. This goes on for 

 a fortnight. Just think of it, men, women and children 



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in their masks and gaudy get-up, parading the little 

 narrow crooked muddy streets, for long hours in all 

 weathers ! And they are Methodists, good, sober 

 people who crowd into their numerous chapels on 

 Sundays to sing hymns and listen to their preachers I 



