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well as a magnesite plant which is part of the new de- 

 velopment, we have built a road from Matthewtown 

 to Northwest Point. This road follows the shore up 

 to Devil's Point where it cuts across and again touches 

 the sea along the inner edge of Man o' War Bay. 

 With the building of this road we have also com- 

 pleted a continuous stretch of dikes which join all 

 the caps on the western side of Lake Windsor. On 

 your next visit to our island I am sure you will find 

 these embankments excellent vantage points from 

 which to view the tremendous quantity of wild fowl 

 which the lake now supports. The new salt water 

 entering the area has provided the lake with a teem- 

 ing supply of fish and small Crustacea which should 

 greatly increase our even now sizable flocks of white 

 heron, egrets, ducks and flamingos. 



I hope this will give you some idea of the changes 

 which have been taking place at Inagua in the last 



few years. ^ • , 



■' Ever smcerely, 



Jim 



This letter of Jim's is a monument of understatement. 

 He has built up an enterprise unique in all the British West 

 Indies. Built it up in the face of governmental apathy and 

 of native ignorance that are almost unbelievable. Fortu- 

 nately the Duke of Windsor gives him sympathetic and 

 most intelligent consideration. The Ericksons and their 

 families, who are with them, may indeed be proud of having 

 revolutionized a community, revived an industry, built it 

 to do a greater and better work than was ever conceived 

 of when the industry began. 



