CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



The Black Iguana. — Another Country. — Reminiscences of Childhood. — 

 The Mirage.— A Fire in the Plain Page 299 



CHAPTER XX. 



The Morning and Night Dew. — The Terre-Froide. — Water-spouts and 

 Whirlwinds. — The Barbary Fig-trees. — The Cactus-plants. — The Viz- 

 naga.— Our Hopes disappointed. — Don Benito Coyotepec 310 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Black Skins and white Skins. — We have to turn Carpenters. — L'Encue- 

 rado chanting and preaching. — The Palm-leaves. — Vegetable Butter 

 Tree 326 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Mexican Oak-apples.— A Stream lost in an Abyss.— The* Wild Nasturtium. 

 —Sportsmen deceived by Children.— The Grave-digging Beetles.— 

 The Cochineal Insect.— Mexican Wine.— Good-bye to our Indian 

 Hosts o , 339 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



Again on the Road. — The Bird-catching Spider.— The Marten and the 

 Skunk. — The Flying Squirrel. — The Otter - hunt. — L'Encuerado 

 wounded 353 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



A laborious Task. — Wild Lime-trees. — Pigeons. — The West India Cher- 

 ry. — The Earwig.— Snakes and Serpents.— First Glance at the Terre- 

 Chaude 367 



CHAPTER XXV. 



A Ground-squirrel. — A Mouse's Nest. — Humming-birds and their young 

 ones. — The Locust-tree. — Mexican Wolves and their Retreat 375 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



The Path through the Forest. — A forced March. — The Bromelacege. — Mos- 

 quitoes. — The Water-plant. — The Promised Land. — A Band of Mon- 

 keys 387 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



L'Encuerado and the Parrots. — Gringalet meets a Friend. — The Cougar, 

 or American Lion.— A Stream. — Our "Palm-tree Villa." — Turtles' 

 Eggs. — The Tantalus. — Herons and Flamingoes 400 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

 A Grove of Logwood-trees. — Ants at their Work. — Parasitic Insects. — 

 The Great Ant-eater.— Spoonbills and Herons.— Lost in the For- 

 est 415 



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