The giants were so tall that they could go from one tower to the other with a step, and the reason these were built so close was their fondness for each other, and their desire to be always together." An indigo plantation in the neighbourhood, the first I ever saw, was not less interesting to me than these towers and their singular tradition.

The indigo plant is herbaceous, and from one to three feet high, with delicate bluish-green leaves.

The harvest is generally in August; the plants are cut tolerably low on the principal stem, tied together in bundles, and thrown into large wooden vats.

Planks are laid on the tops of the bundles weighted with stones, and water poured on them; generally after sixteen hours, though sometimes after several days, according to the character of the water, fermentation commences.

This is the principal difficulty, and everything depends upon its continuance for the proper time.