D.--"_Eh! Marie-sans-dent!_"... etc.
The Devil at last descends to the main street, always singing the same
song;--I follow the chorus to the Savanna, where the rout makes for the
new bridge over the Roxelane, to mount the high streets of the old
quarter of the Fort; and the chant changes as they cross over:—
DEVIL.--"_Oti ouè diabe-là passé lariviè?_" (Where did you see the
Devil going over the river?) And all the boys repeat the words, falling
into another rhythm with perfect regularity and ease:--"_Oti ouè
diabe-là passé lariviè?_"
DEVIL.--"_Oti ouè diabe?_"...