LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| 1. | Reception of Spaniards by Arawaks. From Gottfried's "Reisen" | [Frontispiece] |
| 2. | Reception of Spaniards by Caribs. From Gottfried's "Reisen" | [5] |
| 3. | A corner of Paradise. The Victoria Regia | [8] |
| 4. | En route to the goldfields of Guiana. Passing the rapids of the Essequebo | [10] |
| 5. | Worrying the natives with dogs. From Gottfried's "Reisen" | [13] |
| 6. | A modern alluvial gold washing | [16] |
| 7. | Suicides. From Gottfried's "Reisen" | [17] |
| 8. | A Guiana river. The Tumatamari falls | [26] |
| 9. | Inhabitants of the Spanish Main. From Colijn's "Reisen" | [28] |
| 10. | "El Dorado." From Gottfried's "Reisen" | [37] |
| 11. | Negro woman returning from market | [53] |
| 12. | Negro barber | [54] |
| 13. | Negro family on holiday | [55] |
| 14. | Negresses gossiping | [56] |
| 15. | Ralegh in Trinidad. From Gottfried's "Reisen" | [71] |
| 16. | Gold hunting. From Gottfried's "Reisen" | [80] |
| 17. | Carib attack on a settlement. From Gottfried's "Reisen" | [89] |
| 18. | St. Kitt's. From Andrews' "West Indies" | [118] |
| 19. | A Surinam planter. From Stedman's "Surinam" | [138] |
| 20. | A negro festival. From Edwards' "West Indies" | [140] |
| 21. | Voyage of the sable Venus. From Edwards' "West Indies" | [142] |
| 22. | Slaves landing from the ship. From Stedman's "Surinam" | [144] |
| 23. | Map of Terra Firma. From Gottfried's "Reisen" | [197] |
| 24. | A rebel negro. From Stedman's "Surinam" | [209] |
| 25. | The execution of breaking on the rack. From Stedman's "Surinam" | [212] |
| 26. | March through a swamp. From Stedman's "Surinam" | [224] |
| 27. | Trelawny town. From Edwards' "West Indies" | [231] |
| 28. | Pacification of the Maroons. From Edwards' "West Indies" | [234] |
| 29. | View of part of Hispaniola. From Andrews' "West Indies" | [258] |
| 30. | La Guayra on the Main. From Andrews' "West Indies" | [280] |
| 31. | The First of August. From Madden's "West Indies" | [308] |
| 32. | A relic of the slavery days old slave buying fish | [310] |
| 33. | Negress, Guiana | [315] |
| 34. | Negress fish-sellers, Guiana | [316] |
| 35. | Chinese wood-carrier | [317] |
| 36. | East Indian coolie | [318] |
| 37. | East Indian coolie family | [319] |
| 38. | Coolie barber | [320] |
| 39. | East Indian coolie girl | [321] |
| 40. | Coolie women, British Guiana | [322] |
| 41. | Coolie vegetable sellers, British Guiana | [323] |
| 42. | East Indian coolies, Trinidad | [324] |
| 43. | East Indian coolie, Trinidad | [325] |
| 44. | Trinidad coolies | [326] |
| 45. | Barbados. From Andrews' "West Indies" | [330] |
| 46. | St. Lucia. From Andrews' "West Indies" | [331] |
| 47. | Atlantic entrance to Darien Canal. From Cullen's "Darien Canal" | [348] |
| 48. | Europe supported by Africa and America. From Stedman's "Surinam" | [363] |
THE WEST INDIES
I
THE SPANIARDS AND THEIR VICTIMS
When the early writers spoke of America as the new world, mundus novus, they could hardly have appreciated the full meaning of the name. True, it was a new world to them, with new animals, new plants, and a new race of mankind; but the absolute distinctness of everything, especially in the tropical regions, was not understood. With our fuller knowledge the ideas of strangeness and novelty are more and more impressed, and we are ready to exclaim, Yes! it is indeed a new world.