CONTENTS. 
XV 
Its two-fold Light. Anciently used for candles. Larvse of 
luminous Beetles. Mr. Hill on Insect Phosphorescence. 
Glow-fly injurious to the Sugar-cane. Cydimon. Curious 
Habit. Trap-door Spiders. Construction of their nests. 
Air-holes. Duck-ants. Their Edifices. Galleries. Used 
for burning. Self-amputation - - - 94 — 121 
Ride to Kilmarnock. Cylindrella. Highgate and Hamp- 
stead. Romantic Scenery. Conical Hills. Bamboo Crowns. 
Forest. Newly cleared Provision Grounds. Orchidese. 
View of Grand Yale. Shells. Bamboo Walk. Guinea-fowl’s 
Nest. Coulter-spring. Water-withe - - 121—126 
The Kepp. Shells. Mountain-ponds. Bees and Ants drink- 
ing. Perfume from the Orange Groves. Beautiful Estate 
of the Kepp. Fine trees. Parasitic Bignonia. Orchideae. 
Romantic Glen. Dumb Cane. Lily. Small Cylindrella 
126—129 
PiNNocK Shafton. Wall-plants. Nightshade. Elegance and 
beauty of these Plants. Their poisonous Properties. Anec- 
dote. Aloe. Misseltoe. Rooting on the Leaves of its 
Support ----- 129—131 
Bluefields Ridge. Solitude. Peculiar Vegetation. Green 
Tody. OrchidesB. Gesneraceae. Wild Plantain. Moun- 
tain-pride. Palms. Ferns. Their abundance, variety, 
and beauty. Tree-fern. Beautiful Terrestrial Orchis. Pe- 
culiar charms of this Region. Jabbering Crow. Solitaire. 
Humming-bird. Bluefields Peak. Extensive Prospect over 
the Island. Insects - - - - 132 — 142 
The Venus Lizard. Origin of its name. Curious device to 
capture it. Its Ferocity. Description of its colours, and 
their changes. Sloughing. Phenomena of this Process. 
Diet ------ 142—145 
The Grave-digger. Old Boiling-house. Proceedings of a 
burrowing Fly. Indefatigable Industry. The Wax Coccus 
145—148 
Inverart. Mountain Woods. Urena. Climbing Begonia. 
Tuberous Orchid. Bognie. Inverary. Extensive Prospect. 
Fine Wild Pine. Garden of English Vegetables. English 
Plantain and Water-cress. Rocky Gully - 148 — 150 
