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"Oh yes so get out of de way, you black rascals," the fellow was as black as a sloe himself "make room for man of war buccra; him leetle just now, but will be admiral one day." So saying, the fellow who had thus appropriated me, without more ado, levelled his head like a battering ram, and began to batter in breach all who stood in his way.
"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.
He had seen all sorts of people at the draw-wells of the houses-British, Spanish, French, South American, Creoles, and here and there a Maroon, and the everlasting negro who sang as he worked: "Come along o' me, my buccra brave, You see de shild de Lord he gave: You drink de sangaree, I make de frichassee "
What if a Negro now and then addresses you as simple 'Buccra, while he expects you to call him 'Sir'; or if a Negro woman, on being begged by an English lady to call to another Negro woman, answers at last, after long pretences not to hear, 'You coloured lady! you hear dis white woman a wanting of you'? Let it be.
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 the holes on the top of the cocoa-nut, and found it very refreshing.
When I wants wild ducks or wenson, all I got to do is to say to dat Yankee oberseer, 'Missus and I want some deer or some canvasback, I spect you had better go look for some, Massa Buccra. No, no, Massa, I ain't so ignorant as to let any man come over me to make seed-corn out of me.
"Man-of-war, buccra, Man-of-war, buccra, He de boy for me; Sodger, buccra, Sodger, buccra, Nebba, nebba do, Nebba, nebba do for me; Sodger give me 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.
"Cudjoe, on seeing us, asked in an angry tone what we wanted, and Rob spoke to him as he had done to the other people. `Den you keep quiet, buccra, he said, turning to me; `I no hab laffee or talkee. I assured him that I would remain as still as a mouse; and with a growl he retired again inside the hut, where he seated himself in front of a huge tom-tom, the African drum, and began slowly to beat it, chanting at the same time one of his native songs, I concluded.
"Nebber here before, so help me Gad! me tink I know you me tink I recollect your handsome face I Lady Rodney, sar. Ah, piccaninny buccra! how you do?" said she, turning round to me. "Me hope to hab the honour to wash for you, sar," courtesying to O'Brien. "What do you charge in this place?" "All the same price, one bit a piece." "What do you call a bit?" inquired I.
And den I know I all safe. `He not kill me if he tink I make good sea-pie, I say to myself; `for black fellow sometimes more cunning dan white buccra he! he! he! Peter chuckled. `Where do you come from? he ask. "`I tell him I carried off and made to serve on board de French ship, and dat I glad to escape from her. Dis not quite true, but I guess it make him more ready to save my life.
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