Taking this road, they followed it till they were satisfied that it would take them to Nassau.
The appearance of the island soon began to improve.

The trees showed that some care had been bestowed upon them, and an occasional mansion was noticed.

Then the street began to be flanked with small houses, hardly better than huts, which were inhabited by the blacks.

All the people they met were negroes, and they were as polite as though they had been brought up in Paris, for every one of the men either touched his hat or took it off to the strangers.

The women bowed also; and both of the travellers returned the salutes in every instance.
As they proceeded, the houses became better, and many of them were used in part as shops, in which a variety of articles, including beer, was sold.