MI/rjKH) Ol' I fsliiXi; 



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from its Irililitv, iiml tln' irriti^itiou Jliat is ca- 

 pnlili' oi'hcinjj^' [)i'o«liu'r(l, ;i> well iis froiii imports, 

 is ill ii bfttcr contiition tiiaii the otliers. At the 

 MmiA ^ tix&ff>^ more particularly, Ht^ taia- 

 bitets "wBte ^isSd 1x» M ^yksg Mly in great 

 numl)crs, from famine. Tlie island of St. Jago 

 alone is stated to liave a population of 27,000 

 inhabitants. 



I i&mPted ^¥€$4 boit9 engaged ill $Mn§ 

 near tli<& i^apj ptmim& i^ mt lazudiitgy a»d &imr 

 mode of capturing the finny tribe append to 

 mo novel ; tliey s]n-inkled sometliiiio' over the 

 water, like crumbs of bread, that attracted the 

 fiak (wMch wera m ^ ladies long) to the 

 suxfaee in ; tli€ fisbarmen then swept 

 amodc^st ihem a stick to which a number of 

 short lines and liooks were attached, and by aid 

 of this they usually brought ujt several fish at a 

 time. After the fish were caught, some women, 

 who were in the hm, wm «zi^^ig^ In dimming 

 and salting thera. 



Tired of tlie dull village, we deseeiidcd from 

 the elevated site to a garden in wliich the 

 well was situated whence the supply of water of 

 exeeH^t quality is proctired for shipping. At 

 &U ^the ptata^ da^^ fd^w^r ^«ocoa*nut 

 ti-ees, attracted the attentfoft of those of our 

 party who had never before seen these magni- 



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