The adults dressed very economically, for the days are summer days all the year round, and the clothing is scanty and cheap for either sex.
The cattle were small, pale red creatures, and not inclined to be very fat, and the birds mostly of the parrot kind.

The market plaza is outside the walls, and a small stream runs through it, with the banks pretty thickly occupied by washerwomen.

All the washing was done without the aid of a fire.
On the plaza there were plenty of donkeys loaded with truck of all sorts, from wood, green grass, cocoa-nuts and sugar-cane to parrots, monkeys and all kinds of tropical fruits.

Outside the walls the houses were made of stakes interwoven with palm leaves, and everything was green as well as the grass and trees.

Very little of the ground seemed to be cultivated, and the people were lazy and idle, for they could live so easily on the wild products of the country.