CONTENTS. 
Cuap. I.—Man and the Migratory Birds. An Ocean Voyage in Mid-Winter. A Wasted 
Snow Storm. A Modei Steamer. Savannah. The Route between the Sea-Islands and 
the Mainland. The Cumberland Islands. Ruins of Dungenness. St. Mary's, Fer- 
“‘nandina. Amelia Beach. Arrival at Jacksonville. Crossing the Gulf Stream. Arrival 
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Cuap. II.—A Break-water of Islands, Rocks, Recfs and Banks over 2,000 miles long. The 
Bahama Archipelago. The Gulfs, Sounds and Ship Channels that penetrate and sur- 
round the group. Hidden Chapters of the Earth’s Autohiography Discovered by Mod- 
ern Scieutists. Monumentsof Buried Lands. Ocean Thoroughfares. The Bermudas— 
their Gradual Subs:dence. . . eos . A . eg ane ~% - -p. 31 
Caap. III —New Providence. Killarney and Cunningham Lakes, Caves and Cave Earth. 
The Mermaid’s Pool. Nassau—its Streets, Public and Private Buildings, and Po;mla- 
tion. The Poor but Happy Negroes. Fort Fincastle; its Marine Sizsmals: Graut's 
Town and other Suburban Villages. Fort Charlotte; its Subterranean Rooms and 
Charming Outlook. Lunching at the Expense of the British Queen. The Removal of 
the Old Barracks. Fort Montugue. A Luxuriant Growth of Titles. The Harbor and 
Bar of Nassau. The Breakers. Shells and Shell work. Nassau's Public Library. p. 43 
Cuap. IV.—The Royal Victoria Hotel. Scenes daily witnessed in its Court. Sacred 
Songs of the Negroes. . . . - ae . ee p. 69 
Cuap. V.—Flora of the Isles of Summer. Fertilizing Air. Large Trees on the top of 
Stone Walls and in Limestone Quarries. Trees that will not Die and cannot be killed. 
Trees Within Trees. The Moukey Tamarind, the Wild Fig, and the Ceiba or Silk 
Cotton Trees. Thompson's Filly. Palm Trcees—the Cocoanut, the African, the Cab-, 
bage and the Palmetto. The India Rubber Tree. The Singing Tree. Tamarind 
Trees, and Trees Valuable fur Timber, for Dyes, for their Spicy Bark, and for Medic- 
inal Purposes. The Natural more Wonderful tban the Supervatural,. . p. 79 
Cuap. VI.—Fruits and Flowers of the Bahamas. Fruits in Bills of Fare. The Orange, 
_ the Pine Apple, the Sapodilla, the Cocoanut, the Hog Plum, the Shaddock, and the 
_ . Forbidden Fruit. Other Babama Fruits. Flowering Trees, Shrubs and Vines. p. 99 
Cuap. VII.—Soothing, Languid Air; its Effects. Ambition Dies. The Bahamas not in- 
cluded in the Primal Curse. The Island of Indolence. Svothed Sharks. Lazy air and 
Lazy blood Putting Insect Plagues to Sleep. Mice and Men alike Affected. A sarge 
