140 A FLYING TRIP TO THE T EOF ICS. 



There are three or four papers published in Curagao, and one that 

 I came across was printed in the Papamiento dialect. After I had 

 read some of it, I did not wonder that I found it difficult to under- 



stand. I give below an advertisement with the corresponding 

 Spanish, so that they may be compared : — 



Plateria . . . Plateria. 



Caya Grandi. Calle Grande. 



E winkel aki ta ofrece na pil- El aqui a ofrecer al pu- 

 blico su sirbishi, garantizando blico sus servicios, guarantizando 

 tur trabauw pa bon ejecucion i todo trabajo para buen ejecucion 

 bon gusto. Tambe tin di beende y buen gusto. Tambien tiene y 

 un gran surtido di, etc. viende un gran surtido de, etc. 



In Papamiento the name Curagao is spelled Corsouw. It is a 



