CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION Page 13 



CHAPTER I. 



Who we are.— Gringalet.— Sunrise.— The Sugar-cane.— A Halt 20 



CHAPTER II. 



Sugar.— Gringalet in the Molasses Tank. — L'Encuerado's obstinate Idea. 

 — An Indian Supper . . . e 34 



CHAPTER III. 



Waking up in the Morning.— The pigmy World of Lilliput.— L'Encue- 

 rado and the Bottles.— Massacre of Thistles.— The Charcoal-burning 

 Indians 46 



CHAPTER IV. 



A difficult Ascent. — The Goat.— The Indian Girls.— The Tobacco-plant. 

 —The Bull -fight.— Game.— Lucien's Gun. — Our Entry into the Wil- 

 derness . . . c 61 



CHAPTER V. 



The great Forest.— Crows.— The first Bivouac— The Squirrel-hunt.— Our 

 young Guide. — The Chant in the Desert. . 76 



CHAPTER VI. 



Coffee.— Turpentine.— Couroucous.— Pine-needles.— Three Volcanoes in 

 sight at once.— The Carabus Family.— Scorpions.— Salamanders.— A 

 midnight Disturbance 89 



CHAPTER VII. 



The Cats' -eyes Pomade.— Armadillo.— Lucien and the cruel Fern.— The 

 fallen Mountain.— The Woodpecker.— The Basilisk.— L'Encuerado's 

 fresh Idea 104 



CHAPTER VIII. 



A Vulture's Feast.— Dragon's Blood.— A Coral Serpent. — The Owl. — 

 Mexican Moles. — Toucans. — The Scolopacidse.— -L'Encuerado turned 

 Tailor.— Sunset 119 



