CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



TENEBIFFE, ST. THOMAS, 

 BEKMUDA. 



Circumstances of the Voyage, p. 1. 

 Teneriffe, 2. Cochineal Plantations, 

 2. Excursion up the Peak. Trade- 

 wind Cloud, 3. Zones of Vegetation, 

 4. Sunset seen above the Clouds, 5. 

 Babbits and other Animals on the 

 Peak, 6. Peculiar Spider's-web, 8. 

 Catching Sharks off Sombrero Island, 

 West Indies, 8. Appearance and 

 habits of Bemora, 9. Pilot fish, 9. 

 Island of St. Thomas, 11. Calcareous 

 Seaweeds, 12. Sea Urchins with poi- 

 soned Spines, 12. Burrowing Spider, 13. 

 Nest of Termites, 14. Pelicans edible, 

 15. Sand-box tree, 15. Defensive 

 colouring of Spines of Cacti, 16. Beach 

 Conglomerate, 17. Sea Beans, 17. 

 Bermuda, 18. Calcareous Sand-rock, 

 18. Caves, 22. Vegetation, 23. Peat, 

 23. Boatswain Birds, 25. Land Ne- 

 mertine, 26. Corals in Caves, 27. 



CHAPTER II. 



AZOEES, MADEIEA, CAPE 

 VERDES. 



Fayal Island, Azores, 29. Porpoises on 

 the Feed, 30. Town of Horta, 30. 

 Peculiar Dress of the Women, 31. 

 Island of Pico, 32. St. Michael's Is- 

 land, 32. Native Ferns and Australian 

 introduced Trees, 33. The Threshing- 

 floor and Women at the Mill, 33. 

 Vegetation of the Azores, 34. Hot 

 Springs at Furnas, 35 Plants Growing 

 in the Hot Water, 36. Caldeira des 

 Sette Cidades, 37. Madeira, 38. Grand 

 Cural, 39. Curious Caps worn by the 

 Men, 40. The Island at Sunset, 41. 

 St. Vincent Island, Cape Verdes, 41. 

 Vegetation of the Island, 42. Ascent 

 of Green Mountain, 43. Different 

 Causes of Variation of Vegetation with 

 Altitude, 45. Structure of Basaltic 

 Dykes, 46. Calcareous Seaweeds on 

 Bird Island, 46. Habits of Crabs, 48. 



Miniature Oasis, 51. Flying Gurnet 

 Hooked, 51. Mode of Catching Bonito, 

 Island of Fogo, 54. Porto Praya, 

 Jago Island, 55. Use of Foot in 



53. 



St. 



and 



57. 



Domingo 



Feeding by Kites, 55. Kingfisher 

 Galinis, 56. Hauling the Sein, 

 A Large Shark, 57. San 

 Valley, 59. Monkeys, 60. Bemark- 

 able Freshwater Crustacean, 60. Lime- 

 stone Band in the Cliff of the Harbour, 

 64. 



CHAPTER III. 



ST. PAUL'S BOCKS AND FEE- 

 NANDO DO NOBHONA. 



St. Paul's Bocks, 67. Equatorial Cur- 

 rent, 68. Nests of Noddies, 69. Pre- 

 datory Habits of Grapsus strigosus, 70. 

 Fishing off the Bocks, 71. Nests of 

 Boobies, 72. Pugnacity of the Young 

 Birds, 72. Other Inhabitants of the 

 Bocks, 73. Fishing for Cavalli with 

 Salmon tackle, 74. Geological Struc- 

 ture of the Bocks, 75. Seaweeds Grow- 

 ing on the Bocks, 76. Fernando do 

 Norhona, 77. Calcareous Sand-rock 

 containing Volcanic Intermixture, 78. 

 Tree Shedding Leaves in Dry Season, 

 78. Jatropha urens, 79. Buds, 79. 

 Brazilian Convicts, 80. St. Michael's 

 Mount, 82. Frigate Birds Nesting, 83. 

 Pigeons Nesting with Sea Birds, 83. 

 Lizards of the Islands, 84. 



CHAPTER IV. 



BAHIA. 



Harbour and Town of Bahia, 85. Beli- 

 gious Procession, 86. Black Angels, 

 87. Land Planarians, 89. Clicking 

 Butterfly, 89. Primeval Forest, 90. 

 Shooting Humming Birds and Toucans, 

 91. Caxoeira, 93. Mewing Toads, 93. 

 Excursion to Feira St. Anna, 93. Mule 

 Biding, 94. Former Highway Bobbers, 

 95. Inn at Feira St. Anna and its 

 Guests, 96. The Fau, 97. Anteaters 

 Eaten as Medicine, 97. Vaqueiros, 98. 

 Tailing Cattle, 99. Horse Dealing, 100. 



