LIST OF ILLUSTEATIONS. 



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Scarborough, capital of Tobago . . . Frontispiece 



Map of South America *xxii 



The shipwreck . 5 



Approach to Tobago 9 



My hut on the beach 11 



The " gray ghost " . . .16 



Crusoe, as described by himself 19 



Nest of the cassican 23 



The crested cassican 25 



A forest pool . . .29 



The King of the Woods 34 



The jacamar 39 



The Tobago trogon 42 



Royal trogon of Mexico 46 



Reading by the fireflies' liglit 50 



An army of ants 53 



Parrots of Tobago 63 



A pair of agoutis 67 



The tropic bird 70 



The cockerrico 77 



Jumbo-Jocko, the great boa 81 



Cacao tree and fruit . . . . . . . .87 



Cassava cakes out to dry 92 



Pineapple plants 95 



My home on the Hilltop 100 



Sicklebill humming birds Ill 



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