v^U CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XX. 



TROPICAL SPICES. 



The Cinnamon Gardens of Ceylon - Immense profits of the Dutch — Decline of 

 the Trade — Neglected state of the Gardens — Mode of preparing the Rind — 

 Nutmegs and Cloves — Cruel monopoly of the Dutch —A Spice Fire in Amster- 

 dam—The aove Tree — Beauty of an Avenue of Clove Trees — The Nutmeg 

 Tree — Mace — The Pepper Vine - The Pimento Tree . . Tage 222 



CHAPTER XXI. 



TROPICAL VEGETABLE DYES. 



Indigo — Indigofera tinctoria— Mode of its Cultivation, and preparation of the Dye 

 for the Market — Indigo Factories in Bengal. 



Logwood — The British Logwood Cutters in Honduras — Their mode of living and 

 disputes with the Spaniards — Brazil Wood — Red Saunders — Arnatto — Fustic 

 — Turmeric .....••• 234 



PAET III. 



TROPICAL AMMALS. 

 CHAPTER XXII. 



THE INSECT PLAGUES OP THE TROPICAL WORLD. 



The Universal Dominion of Insects — Mosquitoes — Stinging Flies — (Estnis 

 Jlominis — The Chegoe or Jigger — The Filaria Medinensis — The Bete-Rouge — 

 Blood-sucking Ticks — Garapatas — The Land-leeches in Ceylon — The Tsetse 

 Fly — The Tsalt-Salya — The Locust — Its dreadful Devastations — Cock- 

 roaches — The Drummor — Tlic Cucarachas and Chilicabras . . 245 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



TROPICAL INSECTS DIRECTLY USEFITL TO MAN. 



The Silk-worm — The Tusseh and Arandi — The Cochineal Insect — The Gum- 

 lack Insect — The Locust used as Fo") - Otiwr o.l'i !.■ Insects — Insects used 

 •a OrnamcQtfl — The Diamond-beetle 259 



