I he houses are built eminently lor
strength, comfort and tndurano',
nnd their adaptation to the climate
redeems all their inconveniences.
As for sleeping rooms, I never have
discovered where they do sleep
but I have seen rich bedsteads of
metal and mahonanv in the room
where the family lived. They have
a singular mixture of costly and
mean furniture those, I mean, who
pretend to ostentatious living the
common classes destitute of almost
any kind.
The cookery here is as distinct
ive from ours as anything else that
"distinguishes them. A kitchen re
minds you of a blacksmith shop strip
ped of its tools, perhaps from the re
semblance of the hearth to a forrre.
On it they build a little fire, and they
will cook a dozen dishes, and with a
skill that meets the highest approval
of the palate. It is to be lamented
that no Homer lives to sing of their
chocolate. " Boqiicl de Caroline"
isn't a touch to it! It just wants
nolhin' at all but to be sipped.
Next in order comes the market.
