See 47a.
9. Brown, Philip, aged 19, a jolly contingent of Caledonia, near
Mandeville.
See 75, 76b.
10. Brown, T., another contingent, a Claremont lad who had picked up a
quantity of stories but recited them in a slovenly way, without wit or
point.
See 117.
11. Christie, Samuel, over 60. He was one of the group at Steeretown,
near St. Ann’s Bay, and a good story-teller.
See 5b, 12a, 14.
12. Collins, Benjamin, a crippled lad of George’s Valley, near
Mandeville.
See 11a.
13. Daley, Edward, part East Indian. He was in the prison-gang whose
overseer I was interviewing.
See 132.
14. Dodd, Emiline, under 30. She visited the house at Lacovia where I
was staying.
See 86b.
15. Doran, Grace, very old. She was from Whitehall, near Harmony Hall.
She interpolated her stories with songs in the old style, but talked so
rapidly I was unable to follow except in snatches.
See 27a.
16. Edwards, Vassel, over 80. His father and mother had been slaves in
the same district, one at Retirement, where he himself had lived all
his life and was now deacon in the Scotch Presbyterian church.
See 134 and the first two witticisms.
17. Falconer, Simeon, aged 47. He was an intelligent and resourceful
man, a church member but nevertheless a frequenter of wakes, where he
learned his stories. He dictated his stories to me at his home, without
audience, and on various visits. His little sitting-room held a
mahogany table set against the wall, at each end two mahogany chairs,
in which we sat, and a curiously carved chair which a friend had
brought him from Africa.
See 10a, 16, 17a, 50, 62, 64.
18. Findley, Sarah, “over 50.” She was mother to one of the house-girls
at Bethlehem, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, an old-time woman and quite
illiterate.
See 146.
19. Forbes, William, over 75. He came from Dry River and was one of my
best story-tellers. He had been song-leader and “Tea-meeting chairman”
for his district and was much respected for his intelligence and sense
of order. He came at several different times and sang or told stories
with equal ease and with a freshness and delight which was contagious,
never failing to bring a small gift from his garden and never arguing
over the pay. He had a very long-shaped head and beaming eyes.
See 2a, 3, 7, 8, 11b, 24, 25b, 46, 70, 85c, 86a, 101, 140, 141, 142.
20. Ford, May, a young girl. She was of the better class, daughter of
the lodging-house keeper at Newmarket, in Westmoreland.
See 44.