416 DOTTINGS ON THE ROADSIDE. [Chip. XXIY.— B.P. 
backwards and forwards violently, there is no doubt 
that the lodge would have been endangered. 
The custom of using the hammock is entirely abori¬ 
ginal ; it therefore follows that at the time of the dis¬ 
covery the Indian must have built stronger houses. 
How, alas! house and inmate are going together, and 
very soon not a vestige of either will remain. 
Talking to the inmates with a view of adding to my 
vocabulary, I asked their names. I found they had 
the same passion as that so common amongst their 
countrymen from end to end of the coast; namely, 
assuming those of Englishmen. Ho doubt as loyal 
subjects they simply imitate their king, but, be that 
as it may, go wherever you choose on the Mosquito 
coast, there you will find such familiar appellations 
as Shepherd, Eobertson, Helson, Hodgson, by which 
the natives are known, and my host in the Woolwa 
hut was no exception to the rule. 
