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or octoroons; among them are many pleasant faces 
with regular features, and some are even handsome. 
The colored creole of French extraction is notably 
handsomer than those of Scotch or English, and more 
graceful and pleasing. The washerwomen and do- 
mestics sometimes wear their dress with one shoulder 
and arm exposed, and 
to such an extent was 
this carried but two 
years ago that a law 
was passed regulat- 
ing the extent of ex- 
posure. 
Passionately fond 
of jewelry, these 
ladies of the street 
carry their ornamen- 
tation to an exagger- 
ated length. It is 
not uncommon to 
meet one of them 
with great coils of 
beads around the 
neck, with immense 
earrings, brooches at 
the throat, lockets and medallions suspended from 
massive chains, and the turban completely covered 
with pins and brooches, and the fingers with rings. 
The earrings of this class deserve especial mention, 
as they exceed in size anything worn elsewhere in 
the West Indies. The most gorgeous and most 
coveted are those composed of five gold cylinders, 
each as large as a lady’s little finger, bound to- 
