The tower has no light or ventilation, except through this small door.

The reason a lady assigned for having the doors so very small was to keep out the mice! The children have merry times, especially in the cool of the evening.

One of their games consists of a little girl being carried on the shoulders of two others.

She sits with outstretched arms, as they walk about with her, and all the rest clap their hands, and stopping before each hut sing pretty airs, some beating time on their little kilts of cowskin, others making a curious humming sound between the songs.

Excepting this and the skipping-rope, the play of the girls consists in imitation of the serious work of their mothers, building little huts, making small pots, and cooking, pounding corn in miniature mortars, or hoeing tiny gardens.