LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



THE JAGUAR Frontispiece. 



ALLIGATORS PAGE 9 



MOT-MOTS OF CHONTALES 16 



COMMISSIONER'S HOUSE AT SANTO DOMINGO . . . 66 

 NEST OF LEAF-CUTTING ANT SO 



SECTION OF MINE SHOWING METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE 



ORE 92 



QUARTZ-STAMPING MACHINERY 93 



SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO LODE 94 



HUMMING-BIRDS (Florisuga mellivora, Linn.) . . .ill 

 TONGUES OF HUMMING-BIRD AND WOODPECKER . 113,114 

 PITCHER-FLOWER (Marcgravia nepenthoides) . . . ,129 



FLOWER OF THE " PALOSABRE '' 130 



PENA BLANCA 148 



INDIAN STATUES 165 



PATH UP STEEP HILL 193 



QUISCALUS 213 



BULL'S-HORN THORN . 218 



LEAF OF MELASTOMA ........ 223 



NATIVE STILL . . 233 



NATIVE PLOUGH 239 



GEOLOGICAL SECTION NEAR OCOTAL . 261 



