CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I. 
PAGE 
Land’s End to Rio Janeiro— Life on tlie Ocean — Natural 
Phenomena — Inhabitants of the Iligh Seas — Incidents 
and Reflections — Land in Sight — Rio Janeiro — City of 
San Sebastian . 1 
CHAPTER II. 
Land-Crabs and Tiger- Beetles —Inhabitants of an Aloe- 
Ferns and Flowers — Insects attracted by a Lighthouse — 
A Usefid Aloe — Rockwork — Natural Aquariums — Crabs 
at Dinner — The Hidden Waters — A Negro Market — The 
Gold Bug 
CHAPTER IIL*‘ 
The Cape of Good Hope— A Four Days’ Beetle Hunt — Millar’s 
Point — Whales’ Bones — Fish “galore” — Wrecked Violet- 
Snails— A Stranded Fiddle-fish— Cormorants and Pen- 
guins — Burro wing-Snails — A Vegetable Parachute . . 30 
