CONTENTS. XV 
Mammie Apple. —In Ambush. — Feathered Companions. 
— The Bete Rouge. — An Aged Monkey. — His Caution. — 
Descending the Ladder.— Monkeys, giddy and graye.— , 
Counting his Flock.— The Monkey recognizes a Brother. 
— ‘Shoot! Shoot!”—A Free Circus.—A Man, and a 
Brother. — The Monkey-Mamma. — Her Terror. — An Im- 
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CHAPTER XVII. 
SOME SUMMER DAYS IN MARTINIQUE. 
From Crusoe’s Island, North. — Frowning Cliffs. — Golden 
Sands. — Birth of a Rainbow. — St. Pierre.— The Volcano. 
— Our Consul. — ‘‘Old Farmer’s Almanack,” good for any 
Latitude. — French Breakfasts. — ‘‘ Long Toms.” — The 
Widow and her Weed.— Patois. — Costumes.— Good Claret. 
— Poor Calico. — Market-Women and Washer-Women. — 
Gaudy Garments. — Profusion of Ornaments. — Jardin des 
Plantes. — The Shrine and the Traveler’s Tree. — Creole 
Dueling-Ground. — Palm Avenues. — The Cascade. — Sago 
and Areca Palins. — The Lake. — Land-Snails. — Lizards.— 
Tarantulas. — The Lance-Head Snake. — Venomous and 
Vengeful. — The Mountain, Region. — Hot Springs. — An 
Extinct Volcano. — A Holy City. — Sabbath in the Coun- 
try. — Warned of Snakes. — Have Alligator Boots. — The 
Humble Shrine.— A Shriek.— Narrow Escape.— The Crafty 
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CHAPTER XVIII. 
THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE. 
Fort de France.— The Park. — Tamarinds and Mangos. — 
Statue of Josephine. — The Trois Pitons. — Historic Hills. 
— Coronation. — Inscription.— An Earthquake.— Terror. — 
Parents of Josephine. — Her Grandmother. — Alexander de 
Beauharnais. — A Valuable Document. — Marriage Register 
of Josephine’s Parents. — Bungling Biographers. — Musty 
Memoirs. — Fort Royal Bay.— The Passage-Boat ‘ John.”— 
Trois-Ilets. —The Boulanger. — A Festive Father. — A Din- 
ner in Jeopardy. — A Low Couch. — A High Bill. — Church 
in which Josephine was Baptized. — A Tablet to her Moth- 
