"Caribs had ravished them from other islands and they fled in Guadaloupe to us." These women, too, seemed more strongly fibred, courageous, high of head than the Hayti women.

There was among them one to whom the others gave deference, a chieftainess, strong and warlike in mien, not smoothly young nor after their notions beautiful, but with an air of sagacity and pride.

A ship boy stood with us.

"That is Catalina," he said.

"Ho, Catalina!" The woman looked at him with disdain and what she said was, "Young fool with fool-gods!" "They came to us for refuge," said Sancho.