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the most part, but there is an exceedingly picturesque region 
ealled the Scotland District in the northern part which offers 
a landscape approaching the mountainous and is really very 
attractive. There are no rivers of any size, and the drainage is 
practically all inward, thus resulting in a number of springs 
and underground waters filtered through limestone and _ per- 
feetly pure and sanitary. These waters have been tapped at 
Neweastle, Codrington College, and other places, and piped all 
over the island, an inestimable boon to the dense population. 
Almost the entire area is under cultivation, the raising of 
sugar-cane being the preponderating industry; and the green 
fields of the sugar estates are in evidence almost everywhere, 
looking a good deal like cornfields in the distance. The wind- 
mills that dot the landscape are fast disappearing before the 
modern methods of grinding that are more efficient but much 
less picturesque. When one gets away from the low lying plains 
around Bridgetown with the predominant palm trees and other 
tropical vegetation, he is at once reminded of English land- 
scapes and sees the reason for this island being called “‘ Little 
England.’’ Very few of the trees are the same, but the mahog- 
any trees that line the roads look like northern trees. By the 
way, there is a great quantity of good mahogany lumber in 
the scores of heavy lighters that choke the ‘‘careenage’’ at 
Bridgetown. The mango tree with its dark green leaves and 
dense shade also has a sort of northern look. 
The roads are excellent, for the most part smooth as city 
boulevards, with easy grades and kept in good repair; thus 
rendering all parts of the island readily accessible to the auto- 
ist. In places one sees long lines of Australian pines which look 
a little like Lombardy poplars in the distance and seem to serve 
as windbreaks. 
Aside from sugar-cane, there seem to be no vegetable pro- 
ducts raised in quantities sufficient to encourage exportation, 
although many are cultivated for the use of a local populace. 
Material for building is abundant in the shape of coral rock 
which underlies most of the island, is easily quarried, and quite 
durable in a land perpetually free from frost. Many fine 
buildings attested its utility for architectural purposes. There 
is much talk of oil wells, but as yet none of importance have 
