x CONTENTS. 
there, Monsieur.” — Astonished.— Shocked. — The River. — 
Drenched. — A Naiad. —A Victim to Science. — Food for the 
Godsie~ ne i a! eee ee a ee UH Ea ers 
CHAPTER IV. 
THE SUNSET-BIRD. —HUMMING-BIRDS. 
The Crater-Tarn.— Temporary Camps. — The “Soleil Cou- 
cher.” — ‘Hear the Sunset.”— A Bird possessed of the 
Devil. — The Capture.— A Species New to the World. — 
Four Species of Humming-Birds. — The Garnet-Throat and 
Gilt-Crested. — Dan, the Hunter. — Catching Birds with 
Bread-Fruit Juice. —In Captivity. — Death. — Their Food. 
— Methods of Capture. — The Humming-Bird Gun. — The 
Aerial Dance. «6. 1 1 ee we ee ee ee 
CHAPTER V. 
THE BOILING LAKE OF DOMINICA. 
A Wild Cat.— Tree-Ferns.— Mountain Palms.—A Rare Hum- 
ming-Bird. — The Valley of Desolation. — Misled by a Bot- 
tle. — Boiling Springs. — Hot Streams. — Sulphur Baths. — 
The Solfatara. — Building the ie — Cooking Breakfast 
ina Boiling Spring. . .. . iS a aa BOS 
CHAPTER VI. 
AMONG THE CARIBS. 
Their Peaceful Life. — Fruits and Food. — The Second Voyage 
of Columbus. — Discovery of the Caribs. — Fierce Nature 
and Intelligence of the ‘‘ Cannibal Pagans.” — Unlike the 
Natives of the Greater Antilles. — The Carib Reservation 
in Dominica. —My Camp in Carib Country. — Two Sov- 
ereigns. — The Village. —The Houses. — Catching a Cook. 
—A Torchlight Procession. — Lighting a Room with Fire- 
Flies. — ‘‘ Look ze Cook.” — Labor. — Domestic Relations. 
— A Drunken Indian. — Wild Men and Naked Children. — 
Carib Panniers. — The only Art preserved from their An- 
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