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minuted. A free mulatto man, of the name oi' 

 Bertolomeu, once said to me in speaking of this 

 priest, " If he sees a child fall, he runs and 

 picks it up and cleans its face, and this he does 

 not do, because any one is in sight to see him 

 act in this maimer, but because his heart so in- 

 clines him." * It is much to be lamented that his 

 exertions have not been directed to obtaining a 

 situation in which his excellent qualities might 

 have a wider field for display ; but he is satisfied 

 with what has been given to him. 



I was much surprised at the manner in which 

 even the people of colour dress themselves to go 

 to mass in all the villages ; if the family is in a 

 respectable way of life, the younger females 

 wear on these occasions gowns of printed cottons, 

 English straw bonnets, stockings also of foreign 

 manufacture, and neat shoes which are made by 

 workmen of the country. The young men appear 

 in nankeen pantaloons, and jackets of printed cot- 

 tons, shirts of cambric muslin, hats of English 

 make, stockings and shoes. Indeed, of late 

 years, since articles of dress have been cheap, 

 and have come into general use, — since a sub- 

 ject of emulation has arisen, and the means of 

 showing it has been afforded, every hamlet sends 

 forth its rival belles and beaux. 



I was disappointed with a near view of Cam- 

 boa ; but the country behind it is picturesque, 

 being formed of uneven ground, which i$ for 



* " Porque a seu eoraeam assim lvanda.'' 



