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make the difference.
After this episode I began to try to figure out what the average American child's reaction would have been to the same situation.  I believe they would have been exceedingly quiet to begin with, in order not to disturb the subject, while they would have taken in all there was to see.  The final reaction, at my consternation, would probably have been the same.
These people ride burros - that is the women do - while such sights were rare in Jamaica.  Most of them carry a stick and instead of hitting the animal across the flanks they beat it on the neck.  It is just too much trouble to turn around and hit an animal where it should be hit.
I've heard people say "what straight backs these natives have" But they neglect to say what deformed fronts.  Half of the women have huge protruding abdomens and amazingly large breasts.  I will say that

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most of them have nice legs - especially ankles - and then huge flat feet.  This describes the pure negro.
The mulato women are nicer looking for the most part.  Some are little beauties.  The afternoon nurse in Dr. Thebaud's office is one of the prettiest girls I've seen anywhere.  None of this so called 
"sophisticated beauty" about her, but the real goods that, without benefit of cosmetics, has been recognized thru the ages.  Not to say that she doesn't use cosmetics, but just enough to bring out the best in her.
For five days I suffered with a wisdom tooth, which I thought was paining me just because it was coming in.  The longer I waited the worse it got, and even tho' I used everything I could think of the swelling in my glands increased to an amazing extent.  Finally on Sept 9th, my 25th birthday, I could stand it no longer so I went to the best dentist in town