254 CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES. 
one of the unfortunate “ Eurydice,” taken by the judge 
as she lay under the walls of Fort St. George, just 
prior to her departure for England on the voyage that 
had such a terrible ending. 
Skirting the belt of mangroves bordering the lagoon, 
one morning in March, I anxiously searched the in- 
tertwined branches for iguanas. Grenada is celebrated 
as being the home of great numbers of these reptiles, 
which may often be found basking on old walls within 
the limits of the town. My boatman was a negro, who, 
accustomed to the appearance of the iguana in the 
trees, discovered one long before I could distinguish 
the difference between green reptile and green leaves. 
Even after it had been pointed out, I had difficulty in 
recognizing it, so nearly did its colors harmonize with 
those of the tree in which it was feeding. 
It lay quite still, stretched flat upon a branch, its tail 
hanging down like that of a snake. Though it was 
evidently suspicious of our intentions, its quiet was 
not due to that alone, for it is naturally a sluggish 
animal. Yet, when once thoroughly aroused, it will 
dash over the ground at great speed. I fired, yet it 
still clung tenaciously to the bough, anda second shot 
did not kill it, for it would have escaped had not my 
boatman pinned it with an oar, after it had fallen into 
the mud. From one that we captured that morning, 
the man with me procured a dozen large, white eggs, 
which he saved to eat. 
As we rowed along, the breaking of overhanging 
branches was accompanied by the crackling of shells, 
as the oysters, clinging to the roots and branches, 
closed their shells at the disturbance. Some of these 
oysters were more than a foot above water, where they 
