With Speaker Cannon through the tropics : a descriptive story of a voyage to the West Indies, Venezuela and Panama: containing views of the Speaker upon our colonial possessions . nique, Edmond Gaudart,was extremely affable, but spoke little English, and ourparty was handicapped for knowledge of French. Ofcourse, all of us had studied French—but, it was likethe girl who would play the piano but couldnt because shehad left her music at home. The Speaker and the Governor,however, managed to talk to each other. The Speaker madesome observations pertaining to the maintenance of a stablegovernment
With Speaker Cannon through the tropics : a descriptive story of a voyage to the West Indies, Venezuela and Panama: containing views of the Speaker upon our colonial possessions . nique, Edmond Gaudart,was extremely affable, but spoke little English, and ourparty was handicapped for knowledge of French. Ofcourse, all of us had studied French—but, it was likethe girl who would play the piano but couldnt because shehad left her music at home. The Speaker and the Governor,however, managed to talk to each other. The Speaker madesome observations pertaining to the maintenance of a stablegovernment and the Governor seemed to understand. Theold black servants brought on some French wine and someexcellent cakes, and altogether the party enjoyed itselfthoroughly. The Governor smoked and so did Mr. Cannon. the: OF Martinique:. 71 The charming wife and daughter of the Governor took someof the party for a stroll through the garden and presentedall with floral trophies. Most of us then assembled in abeautiful piazza on a promontory in the garden, overlookingthe harbor and the islands beyond. We were discussingthe fortifications, the race problem and the science of. gove;rnors eamiIvY (Martinique:) and the speaker. government in an improvised Esperanto, when Louden-slager, like the honest old farmer who lays down the Frenchmenu card and takes roast beef, brought us to a commonlevel with an inquiry about Columbus. Oh, yes, said the Governor very deliberately, Colum-bus discovered Martinique in 1502. The colonization by the J2 WITH spi:ake:r cannon through the tropics. French began in 1635. It was held by the British, who builtthe-fort yonder, at two periods of the Napoleonic Wars. Mann, who had wandered off on an arborial expedition,now appeared with sundry specimens. He had found hisfirst tamarind tree and had secured some of the beanswhich closely resembled his favorite Chicago product—thehalf-smoked sausage. He also brought the sapodilla, atropical fruit with a fibr
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