Down North and Up Along 
We were vividly reminded of the south, too, 
by seeing women washing clothes out of doors. 
They had the same large black iron pots for 
heating water over a fire on the ground. One 
wonders how early in the season they begin it, 
and how late they end it, and what happens 
during the long months of deep snow when no 
clothes can be washed out of doors. 
The kitchen was the largest room and the 
most interesting. The dishes stood in a home- 
made dresser open in front, the plates and 
saucers upright in rows against the wall, and 
the cups hanging on hooks. There were 
wooden chests standing along the sides, that 
also served for seats, and odd-looking little 
cupboards hung on the walls, while various 
objects depended from the beams with pictur- 
esque effect. Sometimes a wide bed stood in 
one corner. 
The men belonging to these houses are 
fishermen, and the women do the work of the 
fields. a^ 
The women in the barley fields were a 
pleasant sight as we passed along, and came 
upon them amongst the yellow grain in their 
short homespun petticoats, a gay kerchief tied 
