Пятнадцатилетний капитан

The Great Market-day

           Thewomengenerallyactasporters,andreachthemarketwithenormousbasketsontheirback,whichtheyholdbymeansofaleathernstrappassedovertheforehead.Then,theirplacesbeingtaken,andthemerchandiseunpacked,theysquatintheiremptybaskets.

           Theastonishingfertilityofthecountrycausesthechoicealimentaryproducestobebroughttothis"lakoni."Therewerequantitiesofthericewhichreturnsahundredpercent.,ofthemaize,which,inthreecropsineightmonths,producestwohundredpercent.,thesesamum,thepepperofOuroua,strongerthantheCayenne,allspice,tapioca,sorghum,nutmegs,salt,andpalm-oil.

           Hundredsofgoatsweregatheredthere,hogs,sheepwithoutwool,evidentlyofTartarorigin,quantitiesofpoultryandfish.Specimensofpottery,verygracefullyturned,attractedtheeyesbytheirviolentcolors.

           Variousdrinks,whichthelittlenativescriedaboutinasqueakingvoice,enticedtheunwary,intheformofplantainwine,"pombe,"aliquoringreatdemand,"malofou,"sweetbeer,madefromthefruitofthebanana-treeandmead,alimpidmixtureofhoneyandwaterfermentedwithmalt.

           ButwhatmadetheKazoundemarketstillmorecuriouswasthecommerceinstuffsandivory.

           Inthelineofstuffs,onemightcountbythousandsof"choukkas"orarmfuls,the"Mericani"unbleachedcalico,comefromSalem,inMassachusetts,the"kanaki,"abluegingham,thirty-fourincheswide,the"sohari,"astuffinblueandwhitesquares,witharedborder,mixedwithsmallbluestripes.

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