University of Virginia Library

XVI.

March 6th

THIS morning Manm-Robert brings me something queer,—something hard tied up in a tiny piece of black cloth, with a string attached to hang it round my neck. I must wear it, she says,

—"Ça ça ye, Manm-Robert?"

—"Pou empêché ou pouend laverette," she answers. It to keep me from catching the verette! … And what is inside it?

—"Toua graines maïs, épi dicamfre." (Three grains of corn, with a bit of camphor!)…