Marimonda

Also poke around a nearby handicraft area: woven bags, glittery carnaval tees, lots of miniatures of Marimonda, the elephant emblem of this celebration, representing truth, wisdom and anything else you want.

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As for his iron pot, his smoked meat, his stock of skins, and bottles of seal-oil, he leaves them under the guardianship of Marimonda in the grotto which he will now make his store-house, his kitchen: he will not encumber with them his new dwelling.

The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Joseph Xavier Saintine 1831

But, whether in consequence of her joyous excitement, or whether she is emboldened by the species of fraternity which costume establishes between them, Marimonda, without hesitation, directs herself to the little shelf, chooses from it a pipe in her turn, places it gravely between her lips, astonished at not seeing the smoke issue from it in

The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Joseph Xavier Saintine 1831

Hardly has Marimonda respired the first breath, when suddenly letting fall the pipe, overturning the table, emitting the smoke through her mouth and nostrils, she disappears, uttering plaintive cries, as if she had just tasted burning lava.

The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Joseph Xavier Saintine 1831

Have we not seen in India, ourang-outangs trained to perform the office of domestics? and Marimonda was in nothing inferior in intelligence and activity.

The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Joseph Xavier Saintine 1831

Marimonda, when she comes from her grotto to visit his cabin; for he has now a neighborhood.

The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Joseph Xavier Saintine 1831

I have received from Marimonda more proofs of devotion than from all the companions I have had on land and on sea.

The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Joseph Xavier Saintine 1831

Then, having finished his work in less than a fortnight, he contemplates it and admires it; Marimonda herself seems to share in his admiration, and in her joy climbing up the new building, she begins to leap, to dance on the roof of foliage, which bears her, and thus gives to Selkirk an additional triumph.

The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Joseph Xavier Saintine 1831

Marimonda has just returned from a tour in the woods, bringing fruits of all sorts, among them some which Selkirk has never before seen.

The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Joseph Xavier Saintine 1831

To describe the delirious stupefaction of Marimonda, when she perceives her master under this strange costume, would be a thing impossible.

The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Joseph Xavier Saintine 1831