

VI CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VII. 



The Forests — Gorgeous Vegetation — A peculiar Tree — The 

 Cedro-— Native' Bungoes — Different Timbers of the Isth- 

 mus — The India Rubber Tree — Method of collecting and 

 preparing the Gum — The Milk Tree — The Calabash Tree 

 — Objectional Feature of the Isthmus Forests . . 55-63 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Agricultural Prospects of jthe Isthmus — Its Natural Produc- 

 tions — Cotton — Sugar ?Cane — Tobacco — Plantains, Bana- 

 nas and their Cultivation — Fruits — Chirimoyers — Pine 

 Apples — Alligator Pears and others — Medicinal Products , . 

 — The Natives' Antidote for Snake Poison — Castor Oil 

 Plant — Ipecacuanha, Sarsaparilla, &c. : . . . C4-G8 



CHAPTER IX. 



The Inhabitants of the Isthmus — What Nature has done for 

 them — Their Food — Clothing — Means for travelling — 

 Mestizoes — Their Character — Distinction from the Boat- 

 men — Sas Bias Indians— Mendingoes^-Their jealousy of 

 Foreigners — Their Productions and-Trade — Their method 

 of catching Fish and removing the shells from, Turtles — 

 The Landholders and their Landmarks — Rosas— Native 

 Hotels — Dress of the Women — Smoking — -Their Children 

 —Their Ideas of the Future 69-75 



CHAPTER X. 



The Domestic Animals — Cows — Horses — Mules— Hogs — 

 Fowls — Dogs — Wild Animals — 'Monkeys — Wild Hogs — ' 

 The Tapir, Ocelot, Jaguar, Bears, &c — Birds and their 

 Habits— The Toucon— The 'Parrot Tribe— The Scarlet . 

 Macaw — Humming Birds and their Habits — Aquatic Birds • . 

 — Reptiles — Alligators, Boa Constrictors, Ignanos, &c. m . 76-81' 



CHAPTER XL 



The Insect Tribes — A Forest Walk — An Ant's path — Their 

 Habitation— Manner of Working — Queen Ant — Their 

 System of Government — Rules of Warfare — The Comi- 

 jens — Their Distinctive Habits — Butterflies — Moths-^-Ta- 

 rantulas — Scorpions — Fire -Flies and Lantern-Bugs — 

 Sand-Flies and Fleas — Garrapattas — Chigoe or Jigger — 

 Musketoes, &c. . . . . . . . -. 82-88 



CHAPTER XII. 

 The Climate of the Isthmus — Its influence on Health — Pro- 

 - disposing and Exciting causes of Disease—The Precau- 



