224 CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES. 
pearance of having been hollowed out for the recep- 
tion of jewels or bright metal; as the author of the 
article mentioned above remarks: “In the wooden. 
objects, as in the stone one, the eyes excavated ‘for 
precious stones are plainly visible, but the stones are 
waating.” 
The same author quotes Herrera’s account of the 
visit of Columbus to Cuba, when a party, having 
penetrated to the interior, returned with glowing ac- 
counts of their reception by the Indians. ‘They found 
a village where each house contained a whole gen- 
eration. “The prime men came out to meet them, led 
them by the arms, and lodged them in one of the new 
houses, causing them to sit down on seats made of 
a solid piece of wood in the shape of a beast with very 
short legs and the tail held up, the head before, with 
eyes and ears of gold.” 
This relic of antiquity was undoubtedly taken by 
the Caribs from their enemies of Haiti, and brought 
here by the captor, or it may hawe belonged to a 
captive Arowak living among the Caribs. The same 
old negro who found the “stool” was of our party, 
but he could not afford any further light except to say, 
“Me tink him b’long to Injun seat.” 
Beneath the cave, a hundred feet farther down the 
cliff, was a grotto sparkling with lime crystals. In 
descending to this, we found some great birds, which 
are seldom seen except high in air, sailing above the 
ocean, the Tropic-birds (Phaethon ethereus) ; and 
they sat so quietly upon the shelves of the cliff, per- 
mitting us to approach, that at-first we took them for 
young birds. We soon were convinced that they 
were adult birds by finding some eggs beneath them, 
