Illustrations 



The author and J. C. Greenway, Jr., with a Bahama 

 Barn Owl, at the mouth of a cave near Landrail 

 Point, Crooked Island, Bahamas Frontispiece 



Sarah Elizabeth Barbour, about 1890 14 



Rosamond and Thomas Barbour, by John Singer Sar- 

 gent, 19 19 22 



The big cobra killed near Lucknow on the fifteenth 

 of November, 1906 32 



The women's canoe with no outrigger, only used on 

 short journeys; The men's canoe, used for trips to 

 sea. Humboldt Bay, 1907 42 



The Great Karriwarri at Tubadi Village, Humboldt 

 Bay, New Guinea 46 



Two Karriwarris at the village of Tubadi in Hum- 

 boldt Bay; Communal long houses over the water 

 at Ansus, Japen Island, in Geelvink Bay, Dutch 

 New Guinea 48 



R. P. B. at Monokwari; Natives of Humboldt Bay 54 



Utowana in Port Castries Harbor, St. Lucia; Three 

 deep-sea fish drawn by Alexander Agassiz 58 



Dancing Girl Orchids recall the market at San Sal- 

 vador 68 



The tropical forest primeval along the upper Jesusito 

 River, eastern Panama 76 



