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Klappentext A diary of eighteen months spent in Jamaica observing the wildlife there by an acclaimed English naturalist, published in 1851. Zusammenfassung Philip Henry Gosse (1810–88) was an English naturalist who left for Jamaica in 1844. Upon his return eighteen months later, he wrote this account of the wildlife he observed there, which was published in 1851. His vivid descriptions and lively style won him a large popular audience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Incidents of the voyage; Kingston and Port Royal; Alligator pond; Bluefields bay; Bluefields; Belmont beach; Market day; Bluefields mountain; Urania sloanus; Lizards; Sea-urchins; Bluefields river; Ride to Content; Insects; Ride to Kilmarnock; The Kepp; Pinnock Shafton; Bluefields Ridge; The Venus lizard; The grave-digger; Inverary; Mountain gardens; Phoenix Park; Birds and flowers; The chigoe flea; The smooth sheath-claw; The pond turtle; Curious fishes; Fig-trees; The ant-lion; The Cotta wood; The bamboo; Periodical rain; Fishes and fishing; Anole lizards; Fruit on male papaw; The black snake; Negro proper names; A naturalist's work-room; The brush-footed spider; The nurse shark; The mangrove; A swarm of dragon-flies; Drive to Montego bay; Beauty of negro villages; The two-headed snake; The Naseberry bat; The silk-cotton tree; The red hairy-tailed bat; Musquitoes; The eyed pallette-tip; The sand gootoo; The monk bat; The great-eared leaf bat; Moonlight; The Liguanea mountains; The trunk turtle; The Pedro seal; The yellow boa; The pardaline snake; The owl-faced bat; The alco; The manatee; Cetacea; Nocturnal forest sounds; Gregarious trees; The grey snake; The crested snake; The spotted-chinned snake; The wild hog; The crocodile; Land tortoises; The agua toad; Deer; Wild goats; The rabbit; Rats; Sugar-cane insects; Curious spider; Stingless bees; Indian cony; Orchideae; Departure and return; Appendix; Index.
