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dressed in bright costumes, walking to market with 
a gait both swift and graceful, and balancing and 
supporting on their heads one half hundred-weight, 
or more of provisions for sale. Thus they walk 
great distances, thinking little of a tramp of ten, 
twenty, or thirty miles, and holding them- 
selves as erect at the finish as at the start. By these 
women’s sides may sometimes be seen their hus- 
bands gallantry carrying their own burden of — a 
pipe and a walking stick ! (PI. I.) 
Thanks. The information in this pamphlet has 
been obtained from persons who actually do the 
work themselves ; different workers may, of course, 
use somewhat modified methods. 
My special thanks are due to the ladies of the 
Women’s Self-Help Society for their help. This So- 
ciety was founded in 1879 by Lady Musgrave. the 
wife of a former Governor of the island, to enable 
“ industrious women of all classes, to help them- 
selves,” and has done much good work. It has been 
necessary to omit much information (e.g, names 
and addresses of workers, and prices of articles) 
that might be deemed desirable by visitors anxious 
to place special orders ; the reader who desires 
such information can, however, readily obtain it by 
enquiring at the Self-Help, at the corner of Church 
Street and Water Lane, Kingston. 
My thanks are also due to Miss Dora L. F. 
Williams, of the Old Curiosity Shop, for help kind- 
ly given. 
