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Fig. 3. Tower of Parish Church shattered and inclined to the East. Stopping oi 



clock by shock. 



fringe the seashore. These plains constitute the very small percentage 

 of the island that is fairly level, and it is upon these plains that the 

 larger towns and the larger plantations of bananas and sugar-cane are 

 found. These level areas are made up of alluvial deposits, fans or 

 sheet-wash brought from the adjacent ragged slopes by the rivers in 

 flood time. Upon the rather bare slopes, occasional rectangular patches 

 of light green show the location of small banana farms or ' pens.' But 

 the more abundant and typical tropical verdure is found lower down 

 on the fringing plains. The island has long been known for the abun- 



