amount of "a, 600, 80 of American proO.n
as having touched there within that year
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One OF the most amusing traits of the h,
tives, particularly to strangers, is their ton
ness for displaying their knowledge, or mo
correctly speaking, their ignorance, Of of,
languages. Little urchIns, with sea-,
years enough over their heads to allow n,
to speak their mother tongue, jump from H.


hind walls, or start from their lurking pIac.
where they have been patiently awaiting fl
approaching pedestrian, and with most .,
iressive grin, salute him in shrill, Soma,
totes, with "dood mornin," or " do
3ite," bon jour-" or "bon soir," a,
then run away with as much happiness .,
pressed in their juvenile countcnances a,]
pecially if the saIutation is returned rs !
they had received Spanish real for tbpl
pains. No matter what is the hour of IND
day-thc I" dood morllin " is as freouen, !
the salutation at sunset, as at any obc
hour, and perhaps the first sound he hear
on taking his morning walk, is dood mite
Once, when it happened to us to be t.ayeDl
ing in Il portion of one of the other island,
not much visited by foreigners, we noticed
man far ahead, who seemed to be awonr !
our approach. As we drew nearer. NJ
made him out tall elderly man Off yeerl
able aspect, sans clothes, and maintain
the attllutc OF Il marine upon duty. His al
pearance and position excited our curio,aI
much, and we determined to find some rJ
planation to the phenomenon. The staueI
OF Mcmnon could not have been more fixed
and silent than hc-puzzle Of puzzles; val
the fellow mad. or had he experienced rfl
fate of Lots wife, and for manitc.tinc h,I
Mnch curiosity in matters beyond his krl
been doomed to remain a curiosity to his I'd
low sinners, TIL sunshine or storm should nj
compassion waste him away. There b
stood. Not a muscle moved-eyes fixed and
bright, but still inmoveable. AT length vel
came opposite the apparition--a hollow sound
fell upon our ears" Good morning, Sir y"
Good morning to you, my venerable, and
he turned upon his heel with a stately mo-
ton, and walked away with as much saI.
faction as if he had relieved his mind from
an awful weight of responsibility.