"He say," answered Cupid, "dat dem cauffle am comin' down from de Bakota country, where 'most all de slabe sent from dis place come from; and dere is only one way for dem to come here, t'rough de bush ober de oder side ob de water.  Den dey bring dem across to de island in dem big flat-bottom punt dat lay moored up by de top end ob de wharf."