USUAL OCCUPATIONS. 



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farinha and the beans for the weekly consump- 

 tion of the establishment; in one corner, likewise, 

 stood a large jar of water, and upon a peg im- 

 mediately above the jar was hung the usual 

 ladle of the country; — this is formed of the 

 half of the inner shell of a coco-nut, and has 

 a long wooden handle fixed to it; some rich 

 persons make use of silver cocos, as these ladles 

 are called. The room which I have attempted to 

 describe, two cabins or very small bed-chambers, 

 and a kitchen, included the whole building. At 

 one side were erected a stable and two apart- 

 ments, which remained unfinished when I came 

 away. Behind the cottage was the shed which 

 covered the apparatus for making the farinha; 

 and yet farther back, in the same direction, the 

 negroes had formed their huts of mud and coco- 

 leaves. I was now still nearer to the channel, 

 and so immediately above it as to see every 

 canoe or raft which passed to and fro. The 

 land about the house was covered with brush- 

 wood and tall coco-trees, and there were like- 

 wise a few Acaju trees. However, the small 

 wood was soon cleared away, and the view on 

 every side remained unobstructed. 



The first business of the morning was to see 

 that the people went out to work at the proper 

 time ; then the stable and other matters of the 

 same kind were to be attended to ; for in every 

 thing which is to be done by slaves, the master 



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