XX CONTENTS. 



The Pedro Seal. Memoir by Mr. Hill. Habits of a living 

 Specimen. Blindness. Peculiarities of Organisation. Mea- 

 surements. The Pedro Kays. Mr. Wilkie's Specimen. Its 

 Manners in Freedom. Ease in the Water. Maternal Vigil- 

 ance. Power of the Teeth. Their Employment. Mode of 

 Progression. Description . - - 307 — 314 



The Yellow Boa. Its Form and Colours. Its Powers of 

 Injury. Its Fondness for Bedrooms. Predaceous Habits. 

 Fascination. Boldness when irritated. Gigantic Specimen. 

 Offensive Fetor. Entwined Heaps. Nest with Eggs. Mode 

 of Excavation. Incubation. Young found in the Belly of 

 one. Example of viviparous Generation. Ticks. Pupil of 

 the Eye. Cuban Serpent. Zebra-Snake - 314—324 



The Pakdaline Snake. Its Nomenclature. Description. 

 Habitat. Size ----- 324—325 



The Owl-faced Bat. Admeasurement and Description. 

 Habits in Captivity. Clicking of Bats. Mormoops. Clear- 

 winged Bat ----- 326—328 



The Alco. Mr. Hill's Lapdog. Spanish Descriptions of the 

 Aboriginal Dog. Mexican Mopsy. Haytian Scenes. A 

 Visit to Yasica. Memorials of the Indians. The " Painted 

 Gardens." Beautiful Scenery. Cottages and Fruit-trees. 

 Permanence of Nature. The Aguara Dog of Surinam. 

 Lapdog of Peru. Forest Dog of Guiana. " Prince." His 

 Habits, Manners, and Instincts. Xibaro of St. Domingo. 

 Anecdote ----- 329—341 



The Manatee. Its pachydermatous Appearance. Description 

 of a living One. Origin of the Name. Excellence of the 

 Flesh. Mr. Hill's Notes of One. A dead Specimen In 

 Hayti. Six In confinement. Old anecdote of a tame One. 

 A Pair in Black River. Notes by Dr. Robinson 341—349 



Cetacea. The Cachalot Whale. Breaching of One. Bay of 

 Fort Dauphin. Whale embayed. Assaults of the Sword- 

 fish. Early Whale Fishery of St. Domingo. Ambergris. 

 Dolpliins seen at Passage Fort. Osprey. Young Sharks. 

 Their immense abundance. Dolphins In a Lagoon. At 

 Ray's-town. Their linear arrangement - 349 — 357 



