CONTENTS. XV 



Mammie Apple. In Ambush. Feathered Companions. 



The Bete Rouge. An Aged Monkey. His Caution. 

 Descending the Ladder. Monkeys, giddy and grave. 

 Counting his Flock. The Monkey recognizes a Brother. 



"Shoot! Shoot!" A Free Circus. A Man, and a 

 Brother. The Monkey-Mamma. Her Terror. An Im- 

 politic Imp 263 



CHAPTER XVII. 



SOME SUMMER DAYS IN MARTINIQUE. 



From Crusoe's Island, North. Frowning Cliffs. Golden 



Sands. Birth of a Rainbow. St. Pierre. The Volcano. 



Our Consul. " Old Farmer's Almanack," good for any 



Latitude. French Breakfasts. " Long Toms." The 



Widow and her Weed. Patois. Costumes. Good Claret. 



Poor Calico. Market- Women and Washer- Women. 

 Gaudy Garments. Profusion of Ornaments. Jardin des 

 Plantes. The Shrine and the Traveler's Tree. Creole 

 Dueling-Ground. Palm Avenues. The Cascade. Sago 

 and Areca Palms. The Lake. Land-Snails; Lizards. 

 Tarantulas. The Lance-Head Snake." Venomous and 

 Vengeful. The Mountain Region. Hot Springs. An 

 Extinct Volcano. A Holy City. Sabbath in the Coun- 

 try. Warned of Snakes. Have Alligator Boots. The 

 Humble Shrine. A Shriek. Narrow Escape. The Crafty 

 Serpent 280 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE. 



Fort de France. The Park. Tamarinds and Mangos. 

 Statue of Josephine. The Trois Pitons. Historic Hills. 



Coronation. Inscription. An Earthquake. Terror. 

 Parents of Josephine. Her Grandmother. Alexander de 

 Beauharnais. A Valuable Document. Marriage Register 

 of Josephine's Parents. Bungling Biographers. Musty 

 Memoirs. Fort Royal Bay. The Passage-Boat "John." 

 Trois-Ilets. ' f he Boulanger. A Festive Father. A Din- 

 ner in Jeopardy. A Low Couch. A High Bill. Church 

 in which Josephine was Baptized. A Tablet to her Moth- 



