CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 DOMINICA. 



PAGB 



The Mysterious Ocean Current. — Dominica and Columbus. — 

 Roseau and Anthony Trollope. — A West-Indian Town. — 

 Introduction to Tropical Scenes. — The Mountains. — The 

 First Camp I 



CHAPTER II. 

 CAMP LIFE IN THE TROPICS. 



A March Morning. — Matin Music. — Jean Baptiste. — Sonny. 



— Breakfast, in the Mountains. — Queer Customs. — De- 

 lightful Temperature for March. — The Hunt for Birds. — A 

 Day's Duties. — Strange Birds and Scenery. — The " Trem- 

 bleur." — A Precipice. — An Organ-Bird, the ''Mountain 

 Whistler." — Bird Notes. — My Chasseurs. — Land Crabs. — 

 Ardent Assistants. — Twilight 12 



CHAPTER III. 



IN AND ABOUT MY FIRST CAMP. 



The Caribbean Sea, its Deceptive Appearance and Placidity. — 

 My Neighbors, the Mountaineers, their Sayings and Wise 

 Saws. — A French Missionary needed. — The Iguana and 

 its Flesh. — Glimpses of Mrs. Grundy. — A Work of Art. 



— Cruising for Crustaceans. — The '"Grives." — Marie. — 

 Long-Tailed Decapods. — " Where Crabs grow." — " Wait 



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