CHAPTER II.

IN THE WEST INDIES.

TRALEE--A VENTURESOME FEAT--OLD PATE--AN IRISH CORNET--PADDY OYSTERS--ORDERED TO BARBADOES--GRENADA--CAPTAIN ASTLEY’S CREOLE--ST. GEORGES--LAND-CRAB CATCHING--TURTLE TURNING--A JIGGER TOE--RECOLLECTIONS OF TRINIDAD--HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--BURNING OF THE BARRACKS--LOBSTER-SPEARING--PRESENT OF A BEAR--SMUGGLING BRUIN ON BOARD--OUR PET IN THE ZOO.