208 ° CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES. 
CHAPTER XIII. 
TRADITIONAL LORE. A MISADVENTURE. 
CARIB COUNTRY. — SANDY BAY. — CAPTAIN GEORGE. — CAPTAIN 
GEORGE’S FAMILY. — HIS SUPERSTITIONS. — A CARIB ROMANCE. 
—A LOVE TEST. — COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE. — PREPARING 
CASSAVA. — FARINE.— AN INDIAN INVENTION. — THE OBEAH 
CHARM. —- THE CARIB WARS.— A BRAVE COWARD. — THE 
CARIBS CAPTURED. — SENT TO COAST OF HONDURAS. — THE 
SURVIVORS. — THE SEMINOLES. — A PARALLEL. — CARIB SONG. 
— CAPTAIN GEORGE’S TREASURE. — A MISADVENTURE. — BAL- 
LICEAUX. — A SEARCH FOR SKULLS. — BATTOWIA. — THE 
“MOSES BOAT.” — THE MONSTER IGUANA. — THE CAVE. — THE 
TORTOISE. — A RELIC OF A PAST AGE.—— TROPIC BIRDS. — OUR 
BOAT SMASHED. — A NIGHT ON THE BEACH. — THE SOUTHERN 
CROSS. — PAUL AND VIRGINIA. — CHURCH ISLAND. 
ARIB COUNTRY is that portion of the island 
of St. Vincent lying between the central ridge 
of mountains and the Atlantic coast. It is the most 
fertile and level, spreading from the foot of the hills 
in gentle slopes and undulating plains. Formerly in 
possession of the Caribs, it early attracted the English 
by its fertility, and, by processes well known to the 
white man when he desires his red brother’s land, it 
soon changed hands. Though one may lament this 
usurpation of the Indian’s territory, and deprecate such 
deeds on general principles, one is soon reconciled to 
the change after he has been domiciled among the 
people in present possession. 
