Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-09
APRIL IN THE WEST INDIES.
Sights to BE Observed During
Spring Day in the FOress'

lights to he Observed During
Spring Day In the FOrest'
Just one April day out of a lie
pent under blue skies-a life In whlcn
every day may be the same, If you
wish 1t, until the rains come.
A sky soft and blue with a blueness
which can be felt-feecy white clouds
and a breeze to make one young. Far
off the sea, dotted with islands; a sea
which is emerald near the shore ana
the deepest sapphire far out. BEHIND
you blue mountains which seem 10
stretch into eternity.
And around you on every side huge
trees, feathery palms, standing tall
and stranght, like giant sentinels; tree
fern with leaves of green lace; every
kind of creeping plant; a dense, cool
mass Of vegetation. Flowers every
where. the scarlet iponua dropping
from the tallest branches, orchids OF
every color and odd form, from the
yellow bee, with its flowing stalks
from twenty to forty feet long, to the
Jack Spaniard," which looks SO ike
wasp that you dread its sting.
Berries of all shapes and sizes, the
little gray Jobs tear in a reller
against the green. More flowers, pom
egranate, hibiscus, gorgeous orange
red and yellow, and among them all
the pale purple burgain-villea.
You lie still and dream Of fairy
land. Wee green lizards play hide and
seek among the soft green leaves ol
the pink and white begonias-and
hush is over the underworld, where
even the low hum of belated bum
blebee seems to disturb the stiffness
The rainbow colored hummingb1rd nlt'
by, darling its tiny thread-like tongue
into each flower it thinks the pretti
est. the soft whirr of its wings In 1t
self a melody; and the butterfly JUS
newly ushered in this gay world TO
day, sails on bright colored wings ev
erywhere, flirting with each passlni
breeze, kissing the flowers-little co
ouette that she is-herself a brigh
: Interrogation mark at the wonders eV
erywhere.
" 1t is April in the West Indies. Tn
green iguana lizard lies curled up i
I the sun, the long, spiky crest ON nj
: back uuivering and glistening as h
4 sleeps. The timid agouu creeps GU
! of her lair and looks about her wit
bright, inquisitive brown eyes, an(
t seeing all safe and quiet, hurries O
l. to where she knows the incest root
@ are to be found, taking her little one
II to this happy hunting ground, wher
A they all sit round on their launches
e a happy, hungry, we'll behaved littl
g group, enjoying the choice berakta'
IS their mother has discovered-suC
IS dainties only come their way occasion
n ally, when no other family is befol
Is them.
t. All is stiffness and dreamland SUI
Il denly there is a fearful screech rigl
IS over head. 1t is only group of pa
ly rots, green and yellow, and bronz
and gray, come from the higher mou
Of tains on a voyage Of discovery, II
TT simultaneous arrival Of a small arm
s. of monkeys turning the place into
st pandemonium.
a The monkeys are all chattering
III gether, picking cocoanuts, the yellc
Mt cocoa pods and every fruit they can Ii
TT their mischievous hands and feet al
SO tails on, and hurting them down a.
IL around like hail-stones, jabbering
n the while about their own and the
d, neighbors' concerns, putting sud-
de disturbing element Of vivid life II
o. the dreamland that was.
tt, The wee green lizards scuttle avn
Nv thankful and glad that their ple
ground to-day was the begonia leav
70 instead of the branches where the pt
cir rots are having a picnic breakfa
Mt The bumblebee has made up for Il
We time and Is far away, in a garden
Id, roses In town; the butterfly, poor lit
lat short lived coquette, has sought oil
De- worlds to conquer, the many tw
ell king smiles of ocean" have tempt
re her to cross, needless of the fact II
lie she has only to-day.
of The hummingbird is hidden in
MIS- nest in a tree fern branch, such a n
his it is only Titania could have dra
the plan, and peas blossom and m
nj tard seed built it for her. For ia
nd is humming birds first cousin.
he The mother agouti, in an agony
nj fear for her little ones, has taken tn
Of all home, grumbling a little, but o
no dent always. The iguana has drop
ire behind his rock, and lies perdu.
,ed And the monkeys and parrots hi
,ev the world to themselves for wi
(for the birds are busy to-day, {
tbe none is in these lower woods), unit
for sharp hiss is heard, and a black sni
in. glides into sight, and two large, SC;
tho black-and-red centipedes crawl fl
ks under a stone and lie perfectly s.
ugly, evil looking creatures that Il
the are.-Special correspondence to Wa
tbe ingSon Post from Kingston, st. '
n cent, B. w. 1.
Just Like Humans.