Chita-A Memory of Last Island
CHITA : A Memory of Last Island
by Lafcadio Hearn
"But Nature whistled with all her winds, Did as she pleased, and went her way." ---Emerson
To my friend Dr. Rodolfo Matas of New Orleans
The Legend of L'Ile Derniere
I.
Travelling south from New Orleans to the Islands, you pass through a strange land into a strange sea, by various winding waterways. You can journey to the Gulf by lugger if you please; but the trip may be made much more rapidly and agreeably ...