This is the mode of punishment adopted for those who drink, or are in the habit of eating earth or lime.

During my long stay in the Brazils, I only saw one negro who had got on a mask of this description.

I very much doubt whether, on the whole, the lot of these slaves is not less wretched than that of the peasants of Russia, Poland, or Egypt, who are _not_ called slaves.
I was one day very much amused at being asked to stand godmother to a negro, which I did, although I was not present at either baptism or confirmation.

There is a certain custom here, that when a slave has done anything for which he expects to be punished, he endeavours to fly to some friend of his owner, and obtain a note, asking for the remission of his punishment.

The writer of such a letter has the title of godfather bestowed on him, and it would be accounted an act of the greatest impoliteness not to grant the godfather's request.