Xvi CONTENTS. 
er’s 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 Rivitre Salée. — Usines. — Earthquake, 
Fire, and Hurricane. — A Living Bulwark. — The Caravels 
of Columbus. — Our Lady of Guadeloupe. — The Caribs. — 
Basse Terre. — Le Pére 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 intoGloom. . . . . . «4 ee «ye 322 
