See 88.
22. Gentle, Julia, over 70. She came to me twice at Bethlehem in the
Santa Cruz mountains and recited the stories with great rapidity as if
she knew them by heart in a fixed form, among them some English ballads
of second rate interest.
See 18, 60b, 61, 69b, 77, 112.
23. Hall, Matilda, aged 50, one of the women who came to me at Harmony
Hall, and a good singer and story-teller.
See 57c, 71a, 85b, 148.
24. Harris, William, a young man. He came from a shop at Maggotty and
was scarcely able to speak from bashfulness.
See 73b.
25. Hendricks, Moses, over 60. He was a white man, but lived with his
negro family like one of the race; an excellent story-teller, dictating
some fifteen stories to me at three different visits to his house.
See 13b, 15, 25a, 26, 29, 35, 48, 69a, 99, 138.
26. Hilton, Elizabeth, aged 41. She was care-taker at Harmony-Hall and
a fine intelligent type. In the evening when her work was done, she
recited to me some thirteen stories learned from her mother who was
brought up at Harmony Hall, and from an old school-master at
Retirement.
See 37a, 40b (1), 84b, 104, 105.