CONTENTS. i1 
‘and with the Brillant Waters. The Shores Paved with Shells Wonderful in Form 
and Color. The Conch. P| 253 
Cuap. XIV.—Moonlight and Starlight in the Bahamas. New Heavens. The Crescent 
and the Cross, The Starry Cross of Southern Skies. Midnight Watchings, with their 
Resultsiss eo we ka we ee Ee p. 241° 
Caap. XV.—The Coral Isles the Home of Beautiful Birds, Their Scarcity in Nassau and 
its Causes. The Necessity of Lecal Enactments to Protect the Birds. The Flamingo. 
The Bahama Mocking Bird. A Brief Account of the Visitant and Resident Birds of 
the Bahamas. + . 2 * we &€ & 8 © & @ o. BS 
Cuap, XVL—The Influence of the British Court and Aristrocracy upon the People of 
Nassau. The Landing of Prince Alfred upon the Island of New Providence. Nassau 
and the British G@ vernment During the Late War of ths Rebellion. Blockade Run- 
ning. Nassau Practically a Covfederate Port. International Laws Construcd and 
Enforced so as to Greatly Damage the United States, Fortunes Rapidly Made, Squan- 
dered and Lost. Wild Excitement and Great Dissipation. Great Increase of Disease 
and Crime in Nassau. . ose oe: SA at) % . . . & . p. 265 
Cuap. XVII.—The Bahama Constitution. Opening of the Colonial Legislature. Imposing 
Ceremonies. The Nezroves Made Happy. The Governor and his Military Guard of 
Honor, ‘Parliament’ Prorogued. Martial Music and Booming Cannon. Engrossed 
Bills Approved and Signed. Small Annual Crops of New Laws. No Color Line in the 
House of Assembly. Wrecks and Wrecking in the Bahamas, Salvors and Salvage. 
Bahama Hurricanez, . « «© «© © «© © © © © © «. Dp. 276 
Cuap. XVIII.—The Social Life of Nassau. Society Pervaded by Natural Chrystalizing 
Laws. English Forms and Titles well Rooted. Citizens of the GQrat Republic Am- 
bitious to Mix and Mingle in Iligh-toned Socicty. Social Gayeties—Picnics and Balls, 
Wine and Waltzing, the * Soundof Revelry at Night.” Highways Made and Repaired 
to Accomodate the Victims of a too Gencrous Ilospitality. A Governor who Appre- 
ciates the Dance, and docs not Underestimate the Value of His Titles. A Doctor of 
Divinity Made Happy. In What Places Hospitality isIndigenous. . .  p. 287 
Caap, XIX.—The First Great Voyage of Columbus. Ie Solves the Dark Problem of the 
Ages. His Landfall. The Whole Group Made Forever Memorable, The Spirits of 
Columbus and Black Beard Indclibly Impressed Upon the Islands. -Eminently Good 
and Bad Men Not Dead When They Die. The Natives As Culumbus Found and De- 
scribed Them. The West India Islands Occupied by Substantially One People. The 
Caribs. The Search Among the Bahamas for the Fountain of Youth, .  p. 299 
Cap. XX.—Spanish Perfidy and Cruelty. . The Natives by Force and Fraud are Carried 
to Hispaniola and Perish inits Mines, The Islands without Inhabitants. An English 
Captain Discovers New Providence. Geurge IIL of England makes a Royal Grant of 
the Bahamas to Six Proprietors, Pirates Infest the Islands. Black Beard. Ie Es- 
tablishes Ilimself Upon New Providence. The Early Governors, Summary Punish- 
ment Inflicted by the Spaniards, and by the French and Spaniards, Nassau Built and 
