The Use of the French Word "savez."

About fifty years ago the use of the French word *savez*, from the verb *savoir*, to know, was in general use (and probably is so at the present time) among the negroes in the island of Barbadoes,—"*Me no savez, Massa*," for, "I do not know, Master (or Sir)." It occurred to the writer at that time as a very singular fact, because the French had never occupied that island; nor is he aware of any French negroes having been introduced there. He had also been informed of its use in other places, but made no note of it. In the *Morning Herald* of the 7th instant there is a statement that the Chines…