CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER II. 



PAGE 



The Vanilla Meaning of the word Small Cayman Daddy Quashi 

 Wasps Venomous reptiles and wild beasts Poison of the Labarri 

 snake Experiment with a Labarri The Bete-rouge The Chegoe 

 Its nest Ticks, and how to get rid of them The five tribes 

 Their habitations and mode of life Piwarri The Pee-ay-man A 

 nation without a history Kunaway negroes Mr. Edmonstone and 

 his services Wounded warriors Valour rewarded Education 

 Character of the native Skill in hunting A bead almanac The 

 sun as a compass Thinness of population 232247 



CHAPTER III. 



Discovery of a large Coulacanara snake A Bush-master Stag swal- 

 lowed by a Boa Negroes and the snake Arrangements for the 

 attack The snake struck Carrying off the enemy A snake in a 

 bag An unquiet night Dissection 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 vultures 

 Severe blisters An inquisitive Jaguar Fish shooting Goat- 

 suckers and Campanero ........ 248 262 



CHAPTER IV. 



Fishing for a Cayman A shark-hook useless Sting-rays Turtle and 

 Guana nests Numbers of eggs Another failure Meeting a Jaguar 

 Guard against fever More failures 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 . 263284 



FOURTH JOURNEY. 



^CHAPTER I. 



Three years in England Sail for New York Nomenclature Altera- 

 tion of scenery A sprained ankle Magnificent cure Feats of 

 climbing Quebec Irish emigrants Ticonderoga Saratoga 

 Philadelphia White-headed Eagle Form and Fashion Climate 

 Forebodings of the civil war Sail for Antigua . . . 285- 



