Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 124
havebecome peat, and finally browncoal, in a temperate climate,becomes, under the hot tropicsoil, asphalt and oil, continually oozing up beneaththe pressure of the strata above it. . . . As we neared the shore, we perceived that the beachwas black with pitch; and the breeze being off theland, the… … Coolie and Negro. 98 Wonders of Earth, Sea, and Sky the ward poHceman, and I found him (as I did all thecolored poUce) able and courteous, shrewd and trusty.These pohce are excellent specimens of what can bemade of the negro, or half-negro, if he be but firstdrilled, and then given a responsibility…
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