Equatorial America: Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America

Name: Equatorial America: Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America
Author: Ballou, Maturin M. (Maturin Murray)

Ballou, Maturin M. (Maturin Murray) · 1895

Commencement of a Long Journey.--The Gulf Stream.--Hayti.--Sighting St. Thomas.--Ship Rock.--Expert Divers.--Fidgety Old Lady.--An Important Island.--The Old Slaver.--Aborigines.--St. Thomas Cigars.--Population.--Tri-Mountain.--The Negro Paradise.--Hurricanes.--Variety of Fish.--Coaling Ship.--The Firefly Dance.--A Weird Scene.--An Antique Anchor 1 Curious Seaweed.--Professor Agassiz.--Myth of a Lost Continent.--Island of Martinique.--An Attractive Place.--Statue of the Empress Josephine.--Birthplace of Madame de Maintenon.--City of St. Pierre.--Mont Pelée.--High Flavored Specialty.--Grisettes of Maritinque.--A Botanical Garden.--Defective Drainage.--A Fatal Enemy.--A Cannibal Snake.--The C…

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