X CONTENTS. 



there, Monsieur." Astonished. Shocked. The River. 

 Drenched. A Naiad. A Victim to Science. Food for the 

 Gods 25 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE SUNSET-BIRD. HUMMING-BIRDS. 



The Crater-Tarn. Temporary Camps. The " Soleil Cou- 

 cher." "Hear the Sunset." A Bird possessed of the 

 Devil. The Capture. A Species New to the World. 

 Four Species of Humming-Birds. The Garnet-Throat and 

 Gilt-Crested. Dan, the Hunter. Catching Birds with 

 Bread-Fruit Juice. In Captivity. Death. Their Food. 



Methods of Capture. The Humming-Bird Gun. The 

 Aerial Dance 40 



CHAPTER V. 



THE BOILING LAKE OF DOMINICA. 



A Wild Cat. Tree-Ferns. Mountain Palms. A Rare Hum- 

 ming-Bird. The Valley of Desolation. Misled by a Bot- 

 tle. Boiling Springs. Hot Streams. Sulphur Baths. 

 The Solfatara. Building the Ajoupa. Cooking Breakfast 

 in a Boiling Spring 52 



CHAPTER VI. 

 AMONG THE CARIBS. 



Their Peaceful Life. Fruits and Food. The Second Voyage 

 of Columbus. Discovery of the Caribs. Fierce Nature 

 and Intelligence of the "Cannibal Pagans." Unlike the 

 Natives of the Greater Antilles. The Carib Reservation 

 in Dominica. My Camp in Carib Country. Two Sov- 

 ereigns. The Village. The Houses. Catching a Cook. 



A Torchlight Procession. Lighting a Room with Fire- 

 Flies. " Look ze Cook." Labor. Domestic Relations. 



A Drunken Indian. Wild Men and Naked Children. 

 Carib Panniers. The only Art preserved from their An- 

 cestors 73 



