APPENDIX, 



EDWARDS'S HISTORY OF THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS. 



BARBADOES. 



VOL.. I. BOOK HI — PAGE 345. 



*' The soil in the low Lmds is /f/ac^^ somewhat reddish 

 in the shallow parts, on the hills of a chalky marl, and 

 near the sea generally sandy ; of this variety of soil, the 

 />/ack mould is best suited for the cultivation of the cane, 

 and liith the aid of manure has given as great returns of 

 sugar in favourahle seasons, as any in the West Indies, 

 the prime lands of Saint Kitts excepted." 



ISLAND OF GRENADA. 



VOL. I. BOOK III — PAGE 376. 



" To the north and the cast the soil is a hrick mould, 

 the same or nearly the same as that of which mention 

 has been made in the History of Jamaica. On the west 

 side it is a rich black tn^.tildow a substratum of yellow clay. 



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