Oh, qu'ils sont bons!--
Oh, qu'ils sont doux!"_

It is the pastryman passing by, who has been up all night to
gain his livelihood,--always content,--always happy.... Oh, how
good they are (the pies)!--Oh, how sweet they are!

... The quaint stores bordering both sides of the street bear no
names and no signs over their huge arched doors;--you must look
well inside to know what business is being done. Even then you
will scarcely be able to satisfy yourself as to the nature of the
commerce;--for they are selling gridirons and frying-pans in the
dry goods stores, holy images and rosaries in the notion stores,
sweet-cakes and confectionery in the crockery stores, coffee and
stationery in the millinery stores, cigars and tobacco in the
china stores, cravats and laces and ribbons in the jewellery
stores, sugar and guava jelly in the tobacco stores! But of all
the objects exposed for sale the most attractive, because the
most exotic, is a doll,--the Martinique _poupée_. There are two
kinds,--the _poupée-capresse_, of which the body is covered with
smooth reddish-brown leather, to imitate the tint of the capresse
race; and the _poupée-négresse_, covered with black leather. When
dressed, these dolls range in price from eleven to thirty-five
francs,--some, dressed to order, may cost even more; and a good
_poupée-négresse_ is a delightful curiosity. Both varieties of
dolls are attired in the costume of the people; but the _négresse_
is usually dressed the more simply. Each doll has a broidered
chemise, a tastefully arranged _jupe_ of bright hues; a silk _foulard_,
a _collier-choux_, ear-rings of five cylinders (_zanneaux-à-clous_),
and a charming little yellow-banded Madras turban. Such a doll is a