CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



Island of Porto Santo^Madetm^Tlje Desertas Islands^ 

 Tow» of Fnaclial— The I%»iiB% or lEoclogiies^ mm of 



war^Doscription of tlmt annual — An Gxperinicnt — Ef- 

 fects of the Phj'salia's sting^ — I*tIetliod of preserving the 

 mmli^Xm^ in sfgljt--Approach to the Cape T^rfl 

 Islaiids-^lslamls of Mayo and St. Jsigo— Anclior at Porto 

 Praya^ — 'The town- — Famine- — Kovel method of Fishing — 

 Tropical tre^s iind otlier plants— Valley of Su Trinidad—' 

 The mattk^ lirea^tree— Spifiiigs iff wiiter--* Severe 

 (Irnngltt— Negro Huts — Plaiitfitions — The giirantic hon- 

 bab-tree — llesidunce of Dan F. Melo — The Orcbilla wecil 

 — Date jJilnas-^Leave the Islawct , , . . I 



CllAPTFJi IL 



Enter the tropics — Flying fiisli — Luminosity of the ocean — 

 Magnificent scene— Phosphoric hght— Interesting fectfe 



m elucidation oi' that [tliLJionu iion— Albicorcs aiul Bu^ 

 iiihis — A fol()!^sa! — Sta birtis— (iiiiantir spcn'os of 

 Albatross — Dtscriptioji oi' those birds — TJich" nuumtT ol" 

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