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A number of vessels, chiefly English and American, were moored in the river, engaged in taking in or discharging cargoes; and sundry small schooners, called "droghers," manned by blacks, nearly naked, were sailing up or down the river, laden with produce.
Studded with plantations, each of which resembles a little village planned by some skilful landscape gardener; with crystal streams dashing down the mountain sides; with dense forests covering the high lands and mountain summits; with bays and indentations along the coast, each with a thriving village at the extremity, defended by fortifications; with ships at anchor in the roadsteads, and droghers coasting along the shores; with an atmosphere richly laden with sweets, and all the interesting associations connected with a tropical climate; these islands furnish an array of attractions which are hardly surpassed in the Western Hemisphere.
The captain made it harder for us, by telling us that it was ``California fashion'' to carry two on the head at a time; and as he insisted upon it, and we did not wish to be outdone by other vessels, we carried two for the first few months; but after falling in with a few other ``hide droghers, and finding that they carried only one at a time, we ``knocked off'' the extra one, and thus made our duty somewhat easier.
"You'll have the droghers alongside to-morrow morning, and you'll not be long in hoisting the casks on board, Captain Massey," continued Mr Twigg, as he walked the poop.
"George, you may tell that gentleman with my love love, remember, George that I do not want help. Who is the officious sardine-tin?" "A Rimouski drogher on the look-out for a tow." "Very kind of the Rimouski drogher. This postal packet isn't being towed at present." "Those droghers will go anywhere on a chance of salvage," George explained. "We call' em kittiwakes."
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