XIV CONTENTS. 



er's Trials. — Coolie Immigration. — The Negro, returning 

 to Savagery. — A Self-appointed Physician. — Government 

 House. — Trees of the Tropics. — Bread-Fruit and Cocoa- 

 Palm. — First Experience with Bread-Fruit. — Its Appear- 

 ance. — Taste. — History of its Introduction. — Abundance 

 in St. Vincent. — The Palms, their Great Beauty and Util- 

 ity. — Cocoa-Palm, Palmiste, Groo-groo and Gris-gris, Areca 

 and Mountain Palms. — The Vine with Perforated Leaves. 



— The Indian Maiden 229 



CHAPTER XV. 



GRENADA AND THE GRENADINES. 



Bequia. — Contented Islanders. — The " Bequia Sweet." — 

 Carib Anecdote. — Union Island. — Canouan. — An Ener- 

 getic Patriarch. — Cariacou. — On the Ancient Contiguity 

 of the Lesser Antilles. — The Lost Atlantis. — "What if 

 these Reefs were her Monument?" — A Glance at the Map. 



— An Isolated Geographical and Zoological Province. — 

 Grenada. — St. George's. — More Craters. — The Carenage. 



— The Forts. — The Lagoon. — The "Eurydice." — Iguanas. 



— Their Habits. — Iguana-Shooting. — Oysters growing on 

 Trees. — Columbus and his Pearls. — Lizards. — A Mission- 

 ary's Grief. — Food of the Iguana. — The Mangrove. — 

 Cacao. — Its Discovery. — Present Range. — Its Cultivation. 



— Cacao River. — Cocoa and Cacao. — The Tree. — The 

 Fruit. — The Flower. — Idle Negroes. — Chocolate. — For- 

 est Rats. — Monkeys. — Their Depredations. — An Insult . 245 



CHAPTER XVI. 



A MONKEY HUNT IN THE MOUNTAINS. 



Zones of Vegetation. — Naked Negroes. — The Road to the 

 Mountains. — The Grand Etang. — Quadrupeds of the 

 Lesser Antilles, Extinct and Living. — The Alco. — Pec- 

 cary. — Agouti. — Manacou. — Armadillo. — Raccoon. — A 

 Visit to the "Tatouay Traps."— The Forest surrounding 

 the Mountain Lake. — " Haginamah " : Is it a Carib Word? 



— " Hog-in-armor," not a Carib Word. — " Le Morne des 

 Sauteurs." — The Plantain Swamp. — Signs of Monkeys. — 

 The Monkeys' Ladder. — Habits of Wild Monkeys. —The 



