268 CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES. 



found a nest containing two' coffee-colored eggs. It 

 was built right in the center of a great parasite, a 

 plant with broad leaves resembling those of the sym- 

 plocarpus, attached to the stem of a tree, about four 

 feet from the ground. A humming-bird or two dashed 

 past us, and falling seeds, as we entered a tract of 

 high trees, warned us that there were wood-pigeons 

 in the leafy tops above us. All around was strewn a 

 sweet fruit, like a yellow plum, called " penny-apiece," 

 which is much- enjoyed by the negroes and by the 

 birds and agoutis. 



My friend stooped, pointed to some impressions of 

 feet in the moist earth, and whispered, " Haginamah." 

 They were tracks of the armadillo, though the black 

 had designated them by a name unknown to me ; it 

 had a Carib flavor to it. So I asked him if " hagina- 

 mah " was a name for the armadillo, and he replied 

 that it was ; " Haginamah and tatou same with arm- 

 dilla, sah." Here was a discovery — an animal that 

 retained its original Carib appellation. 



In Grenada the Caribs once maintained supreme 

 control; they were fierce, and a terror to the inhab- 

 itants of the continent, upon whose coasts they often 

 descended. At the northern end of Grenada is a high 

 bluff, descending to the sea in a precipice, over which, 

 tradition relates, the last of the Caribs leaped in de- 

 spair when pursued by their enemies. The cliff is 

 yet known as the Hill of the Leapers — Le Monie 

 dcs Sautcurs. 



It rejoiced me to find, as I thought, a pure Carib 

 name, handed down among the people of an island 

 from which the Caribs themselves had been extinct 

 a century ; but my pleasure was suddenly checked ; 



