NOTE 



This second series of essays, following those in 

 Jungle Peace, are republished by the kindness of 

 the Editors of The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's 

 Magazine and House and Garden, 



With the exception of A Tropic Garden which 

 refers to the Botanical Gardens of Georgetown, 

 all deal with the jungle immediately about the 

 Tropical Research Station of the New York 

 Zoological Society, situated at Kartabo, at the 

 junction of the Cuyuni and Mazaruni Rivers, in 

 British Guiana. 



For the accurate identification of the more im- 

 portant organisms mentioned, a brief appendix 

 of scientific names has been prepared. 



