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CONTENTS. 
Belmont Beach. Creek. Calling-crabs. CIcindela. Cave 
Swallows. Sponges. Holothuriae. Swimming-crab. In- 
scribed Solenette. Corals and their Parasites. Stinging 
Corals. Curious Annellida _ _ > 50 — 56 
Market Day. Loading Canoes for Market. A Paddle across 
the Bay. Animals seen on the bottom of the Sea. Helmet 
Shells. Carrion-beetle. Lunar Rainbow. Leaf of Life 
57—61 
Bluefields Mountain. Zigzag Roads. Fine view of the 
Coast. Fruit-trees. Flowering trees and shrubs. Bletia. 
Pimento-groves. Parrots. Land Shells. Spiny Oniscus. 
Earth-worms. Peripatus. Forest-covered Peak. Gloomi- 
ness of the Interior. Elegant Club-moss. Broad-leaf tree. 
The Jamaica Rose. Tree-ferns. Their elegance 61 — 69 
Urania Sloanus. Its Beauty. Habits. Affects the Avocada 
Pear. Suddenly becomes abundant. Loftiness of its Flight. 
Scarcity. Second Brood. Eggs - - - 69 — 74 
Lizards. Their abundance. Ground Lizard. Wood Slave. 
Gecko. Anoles. Their playful familiarity. Changes of 
colour. Pallette-tip. Venus. Iguana. Galliwasp 74 — 77 
Sea-urchins. Fine long-spined species. Purple pigment. 
Best mode of preparing specimens - - 77 — 79 
Bluefields River. Value of Water. Resources in Droughts. 
Romantic beauty of the Stream. Bordering vegetation. 
Waterfall. Bathing Pool. A reconnoitring Vulture. Mullets 
leaping. Tickiticky. Crustacea in the rivulet - 79 — 86 
Ride to Content. Morning Shadow. Flowering Shrubs. 
Pens and Gardens. Robin’s River. Plovers. Doves. 
Orange trees by the road side. A pleasant Lane. Trumpet- 
tree. White Indian Creeper. Peter’s Vale. A beautiful 
Amphitheatre. Tichicro. Butterflies. Grand Vale. Sugar 
cultivation. Cotta-wood. Content Cottage. Its singular 
situation. Magnificent Prospect. Useful and ornamental 
Trees ------ 86 — 94 
Insects. Their general scarcity. Singular exceptions. Hamp- 
stead Road. Character of its vegetation. Nocturnal Insects. 
Sabito Bottom. Fine Butterflies. Belmont. Bluefields 
Mountain, Fire-flies. Night in the Forest. Lampyridae. 
Diversity of their Light. Southey’s Description. Glow-fly. 
