Excerpt from Two Years in the French West Indies II Chita and Youma Nothing else in the picturesque life of the French colonies of the Occident impresses the traveler on his first arrival more than the costumes of the women of color. They surprise the zsthetic sense agreeably; they are local and special: you will see nothing resembling them among the populations of the Brit ish West Indies; they belong to Martinique, Guade loupe, Desirade, marie-galante, and Cayenne in each place differing sufficiently to make the differ ence interesting, especially in regard to the head dress. That of Martinique is quite Oriental; - more attractive, although less fantastic than the Cayenne coiffure, or the pretty drooping mouchoir of Gua deloupe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.