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June. The juice is pressed out and then boiled down to one- 
twelfth its original bulk, when it has the consistency of tar, in 
which condition it is shipped, largely to Philadelphia. 
The island belongs to England. The population is decidedly 
mixed, and I am happy to say that the 14th amendment principles 
are cordially observed throughout the island. The people in all 
of these islands are very hospitable, and, as in all tropical countries, 
exceedingly fond of dancing, which is always to the quickest 
time. Between riding, dancing and dining we had but little time 
left for sleep. 
On this island are to be found the last of the original Carib 
Indians, at least among the islands. There are only about one 
hundred and eighty of them. They have a settlement by them¬ 
selves on the eastern side of the island, and are very orderly and 
quiet. They maintain themselves by cultivating the soil and 
making baskets and hammocks. 
It may not be uninteresting to have a brief notice of them from 
that given by a French priest about two hundred and fifty years 
ago. They claimed to have come from the mainland of South 
America in many hundred canoes, and after eating all the men 
thev married all the women. This claim seems to receive some 
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support from the difference in the language of the men and women. 
They were remarkable for activity and courage, and were not so 
savage and brutal as their cannibalistic ways would lead one to 
suppose. They only ate their enemies killed in battle and this by 
force of habit, just as the old Aztecs looked with longing eyes for 
their perquisites in the sacrificial human roast. Upon their first 
contact with the Europeans they appear to have been a simple, 
hospitable and unsuspicious people. But the reply of a chief to 
the French governor of one of the islands tells but too truly the 
sad tale of their transformation. u You have stolen our lands and 
those of our neighbors; you have violated our wives, massacred 
our people, desolated our homes and committed unheard-of 
cruelties for the lust of gold.” Believing in a supreme being so 
good that he would do them no harm, they only sacrificed to pro¬ 
pitiate the evil powers; and all their idols such as found in the 
caves of Luquillo in Porto Rico are of the most horrible form. 
They practiced polygamy, esteeming it a distinction to have a 
large family. 
