ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Engraved by John Andrew, from the Author's Photographs and Sketches. 



page 

 The Island of Cocoa Palms Frontispiece. 



Roseau 9 



The First Camp 14 



Marie, the Naiad 31 



Humming-Bird Hunters 47 



Boiling Lake of Dominica 53 



The Tropic Stream 59 



An Indian Kitchen 81 



Carib Girl 86 



Ancient Caribs 94 



The Sacrificial Stone 107 



The Hunter's Bath 117 



An "Ajoupa" 121 



An Army of Crabs 139 



Land Crab 146 



The Biggest Bug in the World 155 



A Group of Gamins 173 



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