CHAPTER II. 



SUGAR — GEINGALET IN THE MOLASSES TANK — l'ENCUEEADo's OBSTINATE 

 IDEA — AN INDIAN SUPPER. 



j^HE breakfast was a cheerful one, thanks to the Spanish 

 isA ^^^^ spoken of by our host. The Indian labourers, with 

 "*^^^^ their wives and children, assembled in inquisitive groups 

 round the windows of the dwelling. Lucien certainly carried 

 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. 



Sumichrast wishing, before we set out again, to explain to his 

 pupil how sugar was made, took him to the mill, situated in a wide 

 rotunda. Here two upright wooden cylinders, fitting close to 

 one another, revolved on a pivot set in action by means of two 



