80 CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES. 
king, old George, who was named for King George 
the Third, tottering toward the plantations, to spend 
for rum some money he had earned. There were two 
sovereigns, in fact, for the Carib chief held in his 
hand a golden one, of English coinage. The houses 
are low and thatched deeply with calumet grass tied 
in bundles and lashed tightly upon frame-works of 
poles. Some of them were open at the sides, though 
a few were built up at sides and ends, with wooden 
doors and shutters. Near each hut is the cook-house, 
a roof of thatch supported upon four poles; or again, 
merely a “lean-to,” the roof slanting up from the 
ground with just room enough for the cook to squat 
under while attending the fire. 
Beneath this roof, on a few stones which support 
the cooking-utensils, is usually an old iron pot, which 
serves a variety of uses. Twice a day it is brought 
into requisition for the household; at other times it is 
open to the inspection of hogs and strangers. The 
rudest cabins, but at the same time the most pictu- 
resque, were those composed wholly of grass and reeds 
with wattled sides, looking like the huge stacks of 
grass one sees on marshes and meadows in America. 
Even the doors of these huts were made of canes and 
flags, wattled together with reeds, while the windows 
were merely loop-holes. The roads, though narrow 
bridle-paths, are good, as the Caribs seem to take a 
pride in keeping them in order. Either through fear 
or pride they obey all the laws imposed upon them by 
the crown and colony, and always perform their quota 
of road labor without a murmur. 
The path turned suddenly, and at the base of the 
hill we came abruptly upon the Riviére Saint Marie, 
