AMONG THE CARIBS. 87 
the rapidly increasing light, that the noise had a 
harmless source, though I was correct in my con- 
jecture that it proceeded from a horn, for it came from 
my Indian friends of the preceding night, who had 
indeed taken a horn too much. Tracing this mighty 
snore to its source, I saw that it was produced by the 
combined efforts of three individuals, who lay stretched 
upon the grass beneath the palms. There was my 
boy, and another Indian, and between them, secured 
by ropes of vines, a girl of about eighteen. 
As I was curiously regarding this group, Meyong 
awoke, and eying me with a look of triumph, ex- 
claimed : 
* Ah, monsieur, you no savez; look, ze cook!” 
It was too true; the lawless savage had made un- 
successful attempts to hire a cook the previous after- 
noon, and late, meeting this girl in the forest, had 
captured her with the aid of his friend. And I, think- 
ing these zealous friends had approached my hut with 
dire intent, had locked them out and gone supperless 
to bed. 
Among men and women, labor is equally divided. 
In the house, the woman is supposed to do all the 
work, but in the gardens and in the woods they work 
together. She prepares all the food and makes the 
fires; and, as there seems to exist a perfect under- 
standing on this point, it is not so fruitful a source of 
discontent as in other and less-favored climes. 
The women are generally well treated and loved. 
An old writer says, the Caribs were noted for their in- 
difference to their women, while the tribes of neigh- 
boring islands were excessively fond of their wives. 
Those other tribes are now extinct; but the Carib 
