XVI CONTENTS. 



er's Memory. — La Pagerie, Birthplace of Josephine. — 

 The Hurricane — The Roof that Sheltered an Empress. — 

 Ground her Feet had Pressed. — Youth of Josephine. — 

 Another Shock. — The Negro Barracks. — The Empress' 

 Bath. — One Hundred Years ago ! — The Sibyl. — The 

 Humming-Bird. — In Peril from a Serpent. — A Peaceful 

 Scene. — A Rude Awakening. — The River Comes Down. — 

 Earthquake again. — Rags and Melancholy 2c 



CHAPTER XIX. 



ASCENT OF THE GUADELOUPE SOUFRIERE. 



Point a Pitre. — The Riviere Salee. — Usines. — Earthquake, 

 Fire, and Hurricane. — A Living Bulwark. — The Caravels 

 of Columbus. — Our Lady of Guadeloupe. — The Caribs. — 

 Basse Terre. — Le Pere Lahat. — Orphans. — The Cholera 

 Plague. — A Permis de Chas.se. — Mixed. — A Horse with 

 Points. — Government Square. — The Convent. — A Sum- 

 mer Retreat. — Matouba. — My Thatched Hut. — Doctor 

 Colardeau. — The Coolie. — The Coffee Plantation. — First 

 Coffee in the West Indies. — Its Cultivation. — Temperature 

 of the Coffee Region. — Blossoms and Fruit. — Picking and 

 Preparing. — The High-Woods. — Their Grandeur. — Giant 

 Trees. — Huge Buttresses. — Lianas, Ropes, and Cables. — 

 Epiphytes and Parasites. — Aerial Gardens. — The Sulphur 

 Stream.— The Cone.— The Summit. —The Portal.— Blasts 

 of Hot Air. — Nature's Arcana. — Sulphur Crystals. — Erup- 

 tions. — A Grand View.— Impenetrable Forests. — An Extinct 

 Bird. — Juan Ponce de Leon. — The Fountain of Youth. — 

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