CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



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Arrival at Greytown The River San Juan Silting up of the Harbour 

 Crossing the Bar Lives lost on it Sharks Christopher Colum- 

 bus Appearance of the Town Trade Healthiness of the Town 

 and its probable cause Comparison between Greytown, Pernam- 

 buco, and Maceio Wild Fruits Plants Parrots, Toucans, and 

 Tanagers Butterflies and Beetles Mimetic Forms Alligators : 

 Boy drowned at Blewfields by one Their method of catching 

 "Wild Pigs .... ...... 1 



CHAPTER II. 



Commence Journey up San Juan River Palms and Wild Canes Plan- 

 tations The Colorado River Proposed Improvement of the 

 River Progress of the Delta Mosquitoes Disagreeable Night 

 Fine Morning Vegetation of the Banks Seripiqui River 

 Mot-mots Foraging Ants: their method of Hunting Ant- 

 Thrushes They attack the Nests of other Ants Birds' Nests, 

 how preserved from them Reasoning powers in Ants Parallel 

 between the Mammalia and the Hymenoptera Utopia . .11 



CHAPTER III. 



Journey up River continued Wild Pigs and Jaguar Bungos Reach 

 Machuca Castillo Capture of Castillo by Xelson India-rubber 

 Trade Rubber-men Method of making India-rubber Congo 

 Monkeys Macaws The Savallo River Endurance of the Boat- 

 men San Carlos Interoceanic Canal Advantages of the Nica- 

 raguan Route The Rio Frio Stories about the Wild Indians 

 Indian Captive Children Expeditions up the Rio Frio Ame- 

 rican River Steamboats . 30 



