go CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES. 
CHAPTER VII. 
SOCIAL LIFE, APPEARANCE, AND LANGUAGE OF 
THE CARIBS. 
HAPPY CHILDREN. — CLEANLINESS. — PRIMITIVE INNOCENCE. — 
A MODEST MAIDEN.—DRESS.— FACE AND FIGURE. -— FLAT- 
TENING THE FOREHEAD.— UGLY MEN AND WOMEN. — CARIB 
HOSPITALITY. — THE BASKET-WEAVER. — TROPIC NOONTIDE. — 
RELIGION.— THE DYING WOMAN.— A LOST SKELETON.— BURIAL 
OF THE DEAD.— THE WAKE.— ST. VINCENT CARIBS.— TWO DIA- 
LECTS. —- THE AROWAKS. — AN AGREEABLE TONGUE. — VOCAB- 
ULARY.— CALIBAN A CARIB, AND CRUSOE’S MAN FRIDAY. — 
CRUSOE’S ISLAND. BLACK CARIBS. — WEAPONS AND UTENSILS 
OF STONE. — ‘“‘ THUNDERBOLTS.” — CARIB SCULPTURE. — A SAC- 
RIFICIAL STONE. — WHENCE CAME THEY ?— THEIR NORTHERN 
LIMIT. — A SOUTHERN ORIGIN, — THEIR LOST ARTS.— A DYING 
PEOPLE. 
HE Carib children should be the happiest on 
earth. Unencumbered by clothing, they wan- 
der over the hills and along the shore as they feel 
disposed. The rocky rivers give them delightful re- 
treats from the sun, where they paddle in the pools, 
hunt for crayfish, and sleep upon the broad bosoms 
of the rocks. Either from habits of cleanliness or 
love of the water, every member of a household takes 
a daily bath in the river. They are consequently 
always clean, and, though ragged, are entirely free 
from those odors which make the sable brother so 
offensive. If their garments get soiled, they soon re- 
