XVI CONTENTS. 



er'g Memory. La Pagerie, Birthplace of Josephine. 

 The Hurricane. The Roof that Sheltered an Empress. 

 Ground her Feet had Pressed. Youth of Josephine. 

 Another Shock. The Negro Barracks. The Empress' 

 Bath. One Hundred Years ago ! The Sibyl. The 

 Humming-Bird. In Peril from a Serpent. A Peaceful 

 Scene. A Rude Awakening. The River Comes Down. 

 Earthquake again. Rags and Melancholy 298 



CHAPTER XIX. 



ASCENT OF THE GUADELOUPE SOUFRIERE. 



Point a Pitre. The Riviere Salee. Usines. Earthquake, 

 Fire, and Hurricane. A Living Bulwark. The Caravels 

 of Columbus. Our Lady of Guadeloupe. The Caribs. 

 Basse Terre. Le Pere Labat. Orphans. The Cholera 

 Plague. A Permis de Chasse. Mixed. A Horse with 

 Points. Government Square. The Convent. A Sum- 

 mer Retreat. Matouba. My Thatched Hut. Doctor 

 Colardeau. The Coolie. The Coffee Plantation. First 

 Coffee in the West Indies. Its Cultivation. Temperature 

 of the Coffee Region. Blossoms and Fruit. Picking and 

 Preparing. The High-Woods. Their Grandeur. Giant 

 Trees. Huge Buttresses. Lianas, Ropes, and Cables. 

 Epiphytes and Parasites. Aerial Gardens. The Sulphur 

 Stream. The Cone. The Summit. The Portal. Blasts 

 of Hot Air. Nature's Arcana. Sulphur Crystals. Erup- 

 tions. A Grand View. Impenetrable Forests. An Extinct 

 Bird. Juan Ponce de Leon. The Fountain of Youth. 

 The Descent into Gloom 322 



