CONTENTS 



THIRD LETTER 



CAMP IGUANA 228 



The Forest Primeval ; Bees and Rubber ; A Land Without 

 Law ; Breaking Camp ; Mountain Climbing ; Plantation 

 Las Margharitas ; On Board Quartos Hermanos; Pan- 

 ama, Colon, and New York. 



COLOMBIA 



IMPRESSIONS OF THE COUNTRY 245 



Journey from the Port of Colombia to Barranquilla : Amus- 

 ing Hotel Experiences in That City; The Stay in Carta- 

 gena; Little Information to be Gained About Rubber; 

 Meeting Mr. Granger, L^nited States Consular Agent 

 at Quibdo; His Interesting Account of the Reason 

 for the Present Lack of Interest in Rubber Plant- 

 ing; His Prophesy for the Future Based upon 

 Present Well Founded Indications. 



JAMAICA 



OUTLINES OF A FLYING TRIP 263 



A W^ord Concerning the Island of Jamaica; Information from 



the Departtment of Agriculture; A Visit to Castleton 



Gardens; Something About the Rubber Produced There 



and the Conditions Attending it ; Hope Gardens ; 



Hevea and Castilloa ; The Milk Withe. 



HAWAII 



RUBBER CULTURE IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS 279 



The First Sight of Hawaii ; A Bit of the History of the Sand- 

 wich Islands ; Temperature, Crops, etc. ; Prospects for Rub- 

 ber Growth ; First Rubber Plantings ; The Nahiku Rubber 

 Company, Limited ; Principal Planting Done by United 

 States Settlers. 



