CONTENTS. XV 



Mammie Apple. — In Ambush. — Feathered Companions. 



— The Bete Rouge. — An Aged Monkey. —His Caution. — 

 Descending the Ladder. — Monkeys, giddj and grave. — 

 Counting his Flock. — The Monkey recognizee a Brother. 



— "Shoot! Shoot!"- 1 - A Free Circus. — A Man, and a 

 Brother. — The Monkey-Mamma. — Her Tenor. — An Em- 

 politic Imp 



CHAPTER XVII. 



SOME SUMMER DAYS IN MARTINIQUE. 



From Crusoe's Island, North. — Frowning Cliffs. — Golden 



Sands. — Birth of a Rainbow. — St. Pierre. — The Voleano. 



— Our Consul. — "Old Farmer's Almanack." good for any 



Latitude. — French Breakfasts. — " Long Toms." — The 



Widow and her Weed. — Patois. — Costumes. — Good Claret. 



— Poor Calico. — Market- Women and Washer- Women. — 

 Gaudy Garments. — Profusion of Ornaments. — Jardin des 

 Plantes. — The Shrine and the Traveler's Tree. — Creole 

 Dueling-Ground. — Palm Avenues. — The Cascade. — Sago 

 and Areca Palms. — The Lake. — Land-Snails. — Lizards. — 

 Tarantulas. — The Lance Head Snake. — Venomous and 

 Vengeful. — The Mountain Region. — Hot Springs. — An 

 Extinct Volcano. — A Holy City. — Sabbath in the Coun- 

 try. — Warned of Snakes. — Have Alligator Boots. — The 

 Humble Shrine. — A Shriek. — Narrow Escape. — The Crafty 

 Serpent 2S0 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE. 



Fort de France. — The Park. — Tamarinds and Mangos. — 

 Statue of Josephine. — The Trois Pitons — Historic Hills. 



— Coronation. — Inscription. — An Earthquake. — Terror. — 

 Parents of Josephine. — Her Grandmother. — Alexander de 

 Beauharnais. — A Valuable Document. — Marriage Register 

 of Josephine's Parents. — Bungling Biographers. — Musty 

 Memoirs. — Fort Royal Bay. — The Passage-Boat "John." — 

 Trois-Ilets. — The Boulanger. — A Festive Father. — A Din- 

 ner in Jeopardy. — A Low Couch. — A High Bill. — Church 

 in which Josephine was Baptized. — A Tablet to her Moth- 



