Title	Bitling in the Gut
Description	Bitling in the Gut On beyond Butler's Bay lies Caledonia Gut, a deep and beautiful tropical watercourse. In this and the other streams the women bathed, washed clother and enjoyed their daily news. Bitling probably mens beating or battling the clothes over rocks. The term gut came to the British islands with the Hindu coolies who spelled it ghut or ghaut; its usage soon spreah throughout all the islands to indicate any kind of streambed whether overflowing or dry. The laundress on the right has elephantiasis, a mosquito-borne disease once fairly common but now eradicated.
Photographer	Reverend Henry Jackson Morton
Date of photo	1843-1844
People	Reverend Henry Jackson Morton
Subjects	St. Croix Danish West Indies Butler Bay Caledonia Gut Bitling Washing Laundry Bathing windmill
Search Terms	St. Croix Danish West Indies Butler Bay Caledonia Gut Bitling Washing Laundry Bathing windmill
Collection	Henry Morton Collection
Place	St. Croix Danish West Indies

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