CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION Page 13 



CHAPTER I. 



Who we are. Gringalet. Sunrise. The Sugar-cane. A Halt 20 



CHAPTER II. 



Sugar. Gringalet in the Molasses Tank. L'Encuerado's obstinate Idea. 

 An Indian Supper 34 



CHAPTER III. 



Waking up in the Morning. The pigmy World of Lilliput. L'Encue- 

 rado and the Bottles. Massacre of Thistles. The Charcoal-burning 

 Indians 46 



CHAPTER IV. 



A difficult Ascent. The Goat. The Indian Girls. The Tobacco-plant. 

 The Bull-fight. Game. Lucien's Gun. Our Entry into the Wil- 

 derness ; 61 



CHAPTER V. 



The great Forest. Crows. The first Bivouac. The Squirrel-hunt. Our 

 young Guide. The Chant in the Desert 76 



CHAPTER VI. 



Coffee. Turpentine. Couroucous. Pine-needles. Three Volcanoes in 

 sight at once. The Carabus Family. Scorpions. Salamanders. A 

 midnight Disturbance 89 



CHAPTER VII. 



The Cats'-eyes Pomade. Armadillo. Lucien and the cruel Fern. The 

 fallen Mountain. The Woodpecker. The Basilisk. L'Encuerado's 

 fresh Idea 104 



CHAPTER VIII. 



A Vulture's Feast. Dragon's Blood. A Coral Serpent. The Owl. 

 Mexican Moles. Toucans. The Scolopacida3. L'Encuerado turned 

 Tailor. Sunset... .. 119 



