CONTENTS Xlli 



CHAPTER XXX 



THE VOLCANIC CARIBBEES 



PAGE 



Singular beauty of the inlands. Flora, fauna, and geological char- 

 acter. Saba. St. Eustatius. St. Christopher. Nevis. Montserrat 320 



CHAPTER XXXI 



THE ISLANDS OF GUADELOUPE AND DOMINICA 



Government and resources of Guadeloupe. Basse-Terre. Grande-Terre. 

 Maria Galante. Desirade. Les Saintes. Cities and towns of Guade- 

 loupe. Dominica the beautiful. A fertile soil awaiting cultivation . 337 



CHAPTER XXXII 



THE ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE 



Beauty of its landscape. A description of the forests. History and 

 present economic condition. The city of St. Pierre. Botanical 

 gardens. Fort-de-France. The fantastic population .... 345 



CHAPTER XXXIII 



ST. LUCIA, ST. VINCENT, THE GRENADINES, AND GRENADA 



England's stronghold in the West Indies. The Pitons. Agricultural 

 depression. Recollections of Rodney 357 



CHAPTER XXXIV 



THE SOUTH AMERICAN ISLANDS 



Trinidad, Tobago, and Curacao. The peculiar geographical features 

 of Trinidad. Port of Spain. Political conditions. Population 

 and people. The island of Tobago. Curacao, the capital of the 

 Dutch West Indies 365 



CHAPTER XXXV 



BARBADOS 



Insular position of the island. The coralline origin of its soils. Gov- 

 ernment and economic conditions. The Barbadians. Density of 

 population. The struggle for existence 373 



