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CHAPTER XXXVI 

 GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE WEST IX1M 



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General paucity of mineral resources, [toil Manganese. Salt. 

 Phosphate. Sulphur. Asphaltum. Peculiar ideological history 

 of the region. Its bearing upon the myth of Atlantis .... 380 



CHAPTER XXXVII 



RACE PROBLEMS IN THE WEST INDIES 



Varied nationality and character of the inhabitants. Condition of 

 the native whites. Possibilities of the white race. The negroes. 

 Their general character, habits, and moral condition. Obiism, or 

 witchcraft 387 



CHAPTER XXXVIII 



THE FUTURE OF THE WEST INDIES 



Vicissitudes which have been survived. Depression of the sugar in- 

 dustry. The bane of alien land-tenure. Bad effect of political 

 distribution. Prospective relations with the United States . . . 400 



Index 409 



