X CONTENTS. 



there, Monsieur." — Astonished. — Shocked. — The River. — 

 Drenched. — A Naiad. — A Victim to Science. — Food for the 

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CHAPTER IV. 



THE SUNSET-BIRD. — HUMMING-BIRDS. 



The Crater-Tarn. — Temporary Camps. — The " Soleil Cou- 

 cher." — "Hear the Sunset." — A Bird possessed of the 

 Devil. — The Capture. — A Species New to the World. — 

 Four Species of Humming-Birds. — The Garnet-Throat and 

 Gilt-Crested. — Dan, the Hunter. — Catching Birds with 

 Bread-Fruit Juice. — In Captivity. — Death. — Their Food. 



— Methods of Capture. — The Humming-Bird Gun. — The 

 Aerial Dance 40 



CHAPTER V. 



THE BOILING LAKE OF DOMINICA. 



A Wild Cat. — Tree-Ferns. — Mountain Palms. — A Rare Hum- 

 ming-Bird. — The Valley of Desolation. — Misled by a Bot- 

 tle. — Boiling Springs. — Hot Streams. — Sulphur Baths. — 

 The Solfatara. — Building the Ajoupa. — Cooking Breakfast 

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CHAPTER VI. 

 AMONG THE CARIBS. 



Their Peaceful Life. — Fruits and Food. — The Second Voyage 

 of Columbus. — Discovery of the Caribs. — Fierce Nature 

 and Intelligence of the "Cannibal Pagans." — Unlike the 

 Natives of the Greater Antilles. — The Carib Reservation 

 in Dominica. — My Camp in Carib Country. — Two Sov- 

 ereigns. — The Village. — The Houses. — Catching a Cook. 



— A Torchlight Procession. — Lighting a Room with Fire- 

 Flies. — " Look ze Cook." — Labor. — Domestic Relations. 



— A Drunken Indian. — Wild Men and Naked Children. — 

 Carib Panniers. — The only Art preserved from their An- 

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