xiv CONTENTS 



out a history — Runaway negroes — Mr. Edmonstone and 

 his services — Wounded warriors — Valour rewarded — Edu- 

 cation — Character of the native — Skill in hunting — A bead 

 almanac — The sun as a compass — Thinness of population. 

 196-213 



CHAPTEE III 



Discovery of a large Coulacanara snake — A Bush-master — 

 Stag swallowed by a Boa — Negroes and the snake — Ar- 

 rangements for the attack — The snake struck — Carrying 

 off the enemy — A snake in a bag — An unquiet night — Dis- 

 section of the snake — ^Daddy Quashi and his dread of 

 snakes — Capture of a Coulacanara — Vultures and their 

 food — Habits of Vultures — The Aura Vulture — Black Vul- 

 tures — Severe blisters — An inquisitive Jaguar — Fish shoot- 

 ing — Goatsuckers and Campanero 214-231 



CHAPTEE rv 



Fishing for a Cayman — A shark-hook useless — Sting-rays — 

 Turtle and Guana nests — Numbers of eggs — Another fail- 

 ure — Meeting a Jaguar — Guard against fever — More fail- 

 urea — A native hook and way of baiting — The Cayman's 

 dinner-bell — Caught at last — How to secure the reptile — 

 Mounting a Cayman — An improvised bridle — Skin and 

 teeth of the Cayman — ^Embarkment for England — Collision 

 with the Custom House 232-256 



FOURTH JOURNEY 



CHAPTEE I 



Three years in England — Sail for New York — Nomenclature 

 — Alteration of scenery — A sprained ankle — ^Magnificent 

 cure — Feats of climbing — Quebec — Irish emigrants — Ti- 

 eonderoga — Saratoga — ^Philadelphia — White-headed Eagle 

 — Form and Fashion — Climatei — Forebodings of the civil 

 war — Sail for Antigua 257-285 



