Most of the Negroes are slaves; some of the Indians too; and the people who are descended from the Portuguese who came and took the country long ago, they are the masters .-- Well, the honey I get in holes in the trees.

There are different kinds of honey here; some of it is _sour_ honey.

And the fruits and roots, the plantains, and bananas, and yams, and cocoa-nuts, and oranges, and plums, all grow in the forest, and much more besides, which you will see for yourselves if you stay long here." "It's a quare country, intirely," remarked Barney, as he wiped his mouth and heaved a sigh of contentment.

Then, drawing his hand over his chin, he looked earnestly in the hermit's face, and, with a peculiar twinkle in his eye, said-- "I s'pose ye couldn't favour me with the lind of a raazor, could ye ?" "No, my friend; I never use that foolish weapon." "Ah, well, as there's only monkeys and jaguars, and sich like to see me, it don't much signify; but my mustaches is gitin' mighty long, for I've been two weeks already without a shave." Martin laughed heartily at the grave, anxious expression of his comrade's face.

"Never mind, Barney," he said, "a beard and moustache will improve you vastly.