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remark, in passing, that the avi-fauna, the bird-life, of 

 this cluster of islands is as distinct and isolated from 

 that of Tobago, Trinidad, and South America,. as is 

 the geographical position of the group. 



Grenada is the southernmost of these volcanic islands 

 and terminates in latitude twelve, north, the Caribbee 

 chain. It is a little over eighteen miles in length and 

 seven in breadth, and is very rugged, the interior of 

 the island being one mountain ridge with its offsets, 

 and there is a lesser comparative area of fertile land 

 than in St. Vincent. The mountains are volcanic ; 

 there are several extinct craters, in the largest of 

 which there is an attractive lake two and one-half 

 miles in circumference, two thousand feet above the 

 sea. 



St. George's, the only port of any size, lies on the 

 south-western coast, its walled fort, St. George, oc- 

 cupying a bold promontory commanding the town, 

 along and over the ridge of which it is built. With 

 its deep, fissure-like harbor, its sandy " carenage," 

 its white-walled houses of stone, its encircling, 

 battlemented hills seven hundred feet in height, St. 

 George's, harbor and town, is highly picturesque. 



We reached the harbor at night, but our captain 

 dared not enter, and stood off and on till morning. 

 The sky was ablaze with stars, and the Southern Cross 

 appeared when the clouds passed. Two planets glowed 

 in the sky till sunrise, streaming fire from out the 

 murky clouds and casting bright reflections on the 

 water. 



The harbor of St. George's seems to have been 

 formed by volcanic forces, as it is hardly more than a 

 narrow fissure, and the hundred-fathom line of sound- 



