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In the intervals between the showers we heard a 
low plaintive call of two syllables very like the k u r -wee 
of Porzana Carolina . Chapman says that this sound is 
made by a tree frog. 
Butterflies were numerous but I saw no very large., 
or showy species. 
On the banks of the foaming river I saw my first 
tree fern. It was a small specimen only ten or twelve 
feet in height but even more beautiful than I had expected. 
Its color was very light tender green. 
Returning to the ship, we changed our clothing — 
for , in spite of the protection of umbrellas and waterproofs 
we were all more or less drenched — and then went back 
to the town where we dined. The dishes were nearly all 
peculiar to the tropics. Among them, we had "mountain 
chicken", a large species of frog, the flesh of which is 
exceedingly tender and delicate. 
As we walked down the narrow, paved street to 
the wharf,"bell frogs"similar to those heard at Montserrat 
were piping everywhere, in the gutters of flowing water, 
apparently. I repeatedly stopped and bent down over a 
spot where the sound seemed to come from within two feet 
of my face but I could Bee nothing in the dim light. 
