ISO MANNER AND -CUSTOMS


 The rivers flowing through the extend
siveeountry arevery numerous, andmostof
them are neaigable a considerable distance
for canoes or small vessels. The many
spacious Lagoons with which it abounds
render it in a picturesque point of view
singularly interesting. Fishes of infi-
nitevariety are the inhabitants of both;
and the neighboring grounds abound
with deer, antelopes, warhee, and pec-
cary. BiRdsoft rsionu species, adorned
with all the richness of plumage so pe-
culiar to tropical situations, enliven every

cover of Columbus, the people of the island1he
visited were found abundantly furnished with a
substantal cotton cloth of native maimnacfate.
This they stained with vaes cbtours, bit the
oa, they most admired was red, A Oiamo~ origl,
to go no.further, may perhaps be affixed to the
early inhabitants of the different islands in this part
ofthe Western world and the people of the adja-
eent continent, hence the striking conformity in
manners, customsr &c. which lhae been jo fire
quently traced as characteristic of both.