CONTENTS. 
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CHAPTER I. 
DOMINICA. 
The Mysterious Ocean Current. — Dominica and Columbus. — 
Roseau and Anthony Trollope. — A West-Indian Town. — 
Introduction to Tropical Scenes. —The Mountains. — The 
First:Camp . 3 @ 6 = 8 @ HoH ee 8 oe wm Oe 
CHAPTER II. 
CAMP LIFE IN THE TROPICS. 
A March Morning. — Matin Music. —Jean Baptiste. — Sonny. 
—Breakfast in the Mountains. — Queer Customs. — De- 
lightful Temperature for March.— The Hunt for Birds. —A 
Day’s Duties. — Strange Birds and Scenery. — The “ Trem- 
bleur.”— A Precipice.— An Organ-Bird, the ‘‘ Mountain 
Whistler.” — Bird Notes. —My Chasseurs. — Land Crabs. — 
Ardent Assistants. — Twilight . wh ee aah ey ah 
CHAPTER III. 
IN AND ABOUT MY FIRST CAMP. 
The Caribbean Sea, its Deceptive Appearance and Placidity. — 
My Neighbors, the Mountaineers, their Sayings and Wise 
Saws. —A French Missionary needed. — The Iguana and 
its Flesh.— Glimpses of Mrs. Grundy. — A Work of Art. 
— Cruising for Crustaceans. — The ‘ Grives.” — Marie. — 
* Long-Tailed Decapods. —‘‘ Where Crabs grow.” — “‘ Wait 
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