CONTENTS 



THE FIRST VOLUME. 



CHAPTER I. 



Island of Porto Santo — Madeira — The Desertas Islands- 

 Town of Funchal — The Physalia, or Portuguese man of 

 war — Description of that animal — An experiment — Ef- 

 fects of the Physalia's sting — Method of preserving the 

 animal — Land in sight — Approach to the Cape Verd 

 Islands — Islands of Mayo and St. Jago — Anchor at Porto 

 Praya — The town — Famine^ — Novel method of Fishing — 

 Tropical trees and other plants — Valley of St. Trinidad — 

 The monkey bread-tree — Springs of water — Severe 

 drought — Negro Huts — Plantations — The gigantic boa- 

 bab-tree — Residence of Don F. Melo — The Orchilla weed 

 — Date palms — Leave the island , , . ,1 



CHAPTER II. 



Enter the tropics — Flying fish — Luminosity of the ocean — 

 Magnificent scene — Phosphoric light — Interesting facts 

 in elucidation of that phenomenon — Albicores and Bc- 

 nitos — A colossal whale — Sea birds— Gigantic species of 

 Albatross — Description [of those birds — Their manner of 

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