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. George’s--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 23