1 62 CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES. 



CHAPTER XI. 



A CRUISE IN THE HURRICANE SEASON. 



AN EXPERIMENT IN COFFEE CULTURE. — THE PEST OF THE 

 COFFEE PLANT. — LIBERIAN COFFEE VERSUS MOCHA. — AN 

 AFRICAN DISEASE. — GATHERING IN THE SICK. — DOWN THE 

 CARIBBEAN COAST. — THE FLAME-TREE. — THE ORCHARD OF 

 LIMES. — PROFITS OF LIME CULTURE. — THE MAROON PARTY. 



— THE STAMPEDE. — FAREWELL TO DOMINICA. — CORAL IS- 

 LANDS. — AN IMMENSE GAME PRESERVE. — THE " DOCTOR." — 

 THE JIGGERS. — NEW BIRDS. — A WEARY VOYAGE. — SEASONS 

 OF THE TROPICS. — TEMPESTS. — CALMS. — PROVISIONS EX- 

 HAUSTED. — TURKEY OR JACKASS. — SHARK. — ODORS OF 

 SPICES. — THE TORNADO. — HURRICANE BIRDS. — PITONS OF 

 ST. LUCIA. — ST. VINCENT. — PALM AVENUE. — THE SPA. — 

 HOSPITABLE PEOPLE. — BASALTIC CLIFFS. — RICHMOND VALE. 



— FALLS OF BALLEINE. — THE WATERSPOUT. 



A MILE from the town of Roseau are the cliffs 

 of St. Aramant, above which is the snug little 

 country seat of Dr. Imray, one of the oldest resi- 

 dents of Dominica. A friend and correspondent of 

 Sir Joseph Hooker, he is an ardent botanist, and has 

 several of the native plants named in his honor. For 

 a generation, the good doctor ministered to the sick 

 and afflicted ; for more than thirty years he was the 

 leading physician of the island. At last, feeling the 

 need of rest, well advanced in years, though in robust 

 health, he delegated his authority and practice, with 



