plantation-residences

Updated: May 17, 2025

Since the war the ocean reclaimed its own; the cane-fields have degenerated into sandy plains, over which tramways wind to the smooth beach; the plantation-residences have been converted into rustic hotels, and the negro-quarters remodelled into villages of cozy cottages for the reception of guests.

Lafcadio Hearn - Chita: a Memory of Last Island