XIV CONTENTS. 



er's Trials. Coolie Immigration. The Negro, returning 

 to Savagery. A Self-appointed Physician. Government 

 House. Trees of the Tropics. Bread-Fruit and Cocoa- 

 Palm. First Experience with Bread-Fruit. Its Appear- 

 ance. Taste. History of its Introduction. Abundance 

 fn St. Vincent. The Palms, their Great Beauty and Util- 

 ity. Cocoa-Palm, Palmiste, Groo-groo and Gris-gris, Areca 

 and Mountain Palms. The Vine with Perforated Leaves. 



The Indian Maiden . 229 



CHAPTER XV. 



GRENADA AND THE GRENADINES. 



Bequia. Contented Islanders. The " Bequia Sweet." 

 Carib Anecdote. Union Island. Canouan. An Ener- 

 getic Patriarch. Cariacou. On the Ancient Contiguity 

 of the Lesser Antilles. The Lost Atlantis. " What if 

 these Reefs were her Monument?" A Glance at the Map. 



An Isolated 'Geographical and Zoological Province. 

 Grenada. St. George's. More Craters. The Carenage. 



The Forts. The Lagoon. The "Eurydice." Iguanas. 



Their Habits. Iguana-Shooting. Oysters growing on 

 Trees. Columbus and his Pearls. Lizards. A Mission- 

 ary's Grief. Food of the Iguana. The Mangrove. 

 Cacao. Its Discovery. Present Range. Its Cultivation. 



Cacao River. Cocoa and Cacao. The Tree. The 

 Fruit. The Flower. Idle Negroes. Chocolate. For- 

 est Rats. Monkeys. Their Depredations. An Insult . 245 



CHAPTER XVI. 



A MONKEY HUNT IN THE MOUNTAINS. 



Zones of Vegetation. Naked Negroes. The Road to the 

 Mountains. The Grand Etang. Quadrupeds of the 

 Lesser Antilles, Extinct and Living. The Alco. Pec- 

 cary. Agouti." Manacou. Armadillo. Raccoon. A 

 Visit to the "Tatouay Traps." The Forest surrounding 

 the Mountain Lake. " Haginamah": Is it a Carib Word? 



" Hog-in-armor," not a Carib Word. " Le Morne des 

 Sauteurs." The Plantain Swamp. Signs of Monkeys. 

 The Monkeys* Ladder. Habits of Wild Monkeys. The 



