nebba do for me;
Sodger give one shilling,
Sailor give me two.

"Massa, now suppose you give me only one pictareen now. You really
handsome young gentleman."

"Now, just walk off," said Swinburne, lifting up a stick he found on the
beach.

"Eh; walk off:--

"Nebba see de day, boy,
'Badian run away, boy."

"Go, do your work, sar. Why you talk to me? Go, work, sar. I free
man, and real Barbadian born.

"Negro on de shore
See de ship come in,
De buccra come on shore,
Wid de hand up to de chin;
Man-of-war, buccra,
Man-of-war, buccra,
He de boy for me,
Man-of-war, buccra,
Man-of-war, buccra,
Gib pictareen to me."

At this moment my attention was directed to another negro, who lay on
the beach, rolling and foaming at the mouth, apparently in a fit.

"What's the matter with that fellow?" said I to the same negro, who
continued close to me, notwithstanding Swinburne's stick.

"Eh! call him Sam Slack, massa. He ab um _tic tic_ fit."

And such was apparently the case. "Stop, me cure him;" and he snatched
the stick out of Swinburne's hand, and running up to the man, who
continued to roll on the beach, commenced belabouring him without mercy.

"Eh, Sambo!" cried he at last, quite out of breath, "you no better
yet,--try again--"

He recommenced, until at last the man got up and ran away as fast as he
could. Now, whether the man was shamming or whether it was real _tic
tic_, or epileptic fit, I know not, but I never heard of such a cure for
it before. I threw the fellow half a pictareen, as much for the
amusement he had offered me as to get rid of him.

"Tanky, massa; now man-of-war man, here de tick for you again to keep
off all de dam niggers." So saying, he handed the stick to Swinburne,
made a polite bow, and departed. We were, however, soon surrounded by
others, particularly some dingy ladies, with baskets of fruit, and who,
as they said, "sell ebery ting."

I perceived that my sailors were very fond of cocoa-nut milk, which,
being a harmless beverage, I did not object to their purchasing from
these ladies, who had chiefly cocoa-nuts in their baskets.

As I had never tasted it, I asked them what it was, and bought a
cocoa-nut. I selected the largest.

"No, massa, dat not good for you. Better one for buccra officer."

I then selected another, but the same objection was made--"No, massa,
dis very fine milk. Very good for de 'tomac."

I drank off the milk from