those which were in the 
, in 1785, to have decreased 
of colour amounted, in 
is eee we pence where 
accessible, and w vided with rivulets and springs. 
See eatan boil tora siehleskcmunld, hig 
on a substratum of yellow clay ; on the north and east, 
‘it isa brick mould ; on the south, and in the interior, 
it is of a reddish hue, and generally poor. In 1776, 
the from the island and its dependencies were 
14,012,157 Ibs. of muscovado, and 9,273,607 Ibs, of 
ode 
GRENADA. 
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clayed: sugar ; 818,700 gallons of rum; 1,827,166 lbs. Grenada. 
of coffee ; 457,719 lbs. of cocoa; 91,943 lbs. of cotton; 
27,688 lbs. of indigo, and some smaller articles, the “tts ol cul 
whole of which, at a moderate computation, was worth, ,oj), 
at the ports of shipping, £600,000 sterling. The su- 
gar was the produce of 106 plantations, worked by 
18,298 negroes, which gives rather more than a hogs- 
head of muscovado sugar of 16 ewt, from the labour of 
each negro,—a return which Mr Edwards affirms, to be 
tinequalled by any other British island in the West In- 
dies, except St Christopher’s. In 1787, the exports 
were 175,518 cwt. of sugar, 670,390 gallons of rum, 
8812 cwt. of coffee, 2,062,427 lbs. of cotton, and 
2810 lbs. of indigo. In 1810, the value of the ex- 
ports amouated to £388,936, and of the imports to 
£173,366, 
‘ The following Table shews the Articles imported into Grenada in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806. 
1804. 1805. 1806. 
Great | British United Other Great | British United Other Great | British United 
Britain. Colonies. | States. | Countries. || Britain.| Colonies. States. | Countries. || Britain.| Colonies. States. 
Bushels, Bushels, Bushels, 
13,558 od 17,626 _ 10,414, 234 14,987 408 || 21,285 814 9966 
Cwts. ; Cwts. y Cwts, 
2,860 | . 778 | 22,456) — 2525 23). 21,658)  — 3085, - 609} 12,812 
Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. 
ay _ 395 _ —_ _ 471) — _ — 436 
Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. 
=" 1861 Lop 1875 oe 57: — 2891 — 979 133) 817 
Bar. Quint. ae Bar. Qt. Bar. Qt 
0 399 |0 13,112I098 1575) — 145° 54910 18,181l0 735} — |l0 61610 19,4540 981 
Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. 
2205 184 805 | — 822 316 190} — 726, = 268 9 
Firkins. : Firkins. Firkins. 
8019 16 68 - 818) — 240)  — 1769) 42 200 
hon Number, Number, Number, 
—_ — 134 48 _ _ 183 34 — — 156 
Number, ¢ Number. Number. 
pec _ 175 7 — —_ 160 49 — — 125 
Feet. ; ; Feet. ; Feet. 
pike 6000. |1,793,641) — _ 18,479 [2,875,299] — _ 2650 |2,090,862 
eo , a Number. ‘Number. . | Number. 
. — — (|1,328,700) — —_ _ 391,200 _— — | 21,000 [2,281,400 
' Number. Number. [ Number. 
Bs. as 9000 | 539,897 || — | 15,100 | 843,000| — — | 14,880 | 920,883 
.. The sugar plantations in this colony are subject to 
'- great ravages, from the carnivorous or sugar ant, an in- 
sect which is thought to be common to all the West 
India islands, but which has been peculiarly destructive 
in Grenada. . It is the Formica omnivora of Linneeus, 
and is described by Sloane as the Formica fusca minima 
_ antennis nis longissimis. They are of an ordi size, 
_ aslender shape, a dark red colour, remarkable for the 
quickness of their motions ; but are distinguished from 
every other ies, chiefly by the sharp acid taste 
which they yi Nsliadisnalind tte thactonagne. unc the 
strong sulphureous smell which they emit when rub- 
| __ bed together between the palms of the hands. Their 
numbers have often been so immense, as to cover the 
roads for the space of several miles ; and so crowded in 
. a places, that the prints of the horses feet were dis- 
pooh marked among them, till filled up by the sur- 
«VOL. X. PART HL. 
rounding multitudes. They were never seen to con- 
sume or off any vegetable substance whatever, 
but always laid hold of any dead insect or animal sub- 
stance that came in their way. Every kind of cold 
victuals, all species of vermin, indaly rats, live 
poultry, and even the sores of the Negroes, were ex- 
to their attacks. But they were chiefly injurious 
y constructing their nests among the roots of the lime, 
lemon, orange trees, and sugar canes, and so obstruct~ 
ing their growth, as to render the plants sickly and un- 
productive. A premium of £20,000 from the public 
treasury, was offered to the discoverer of any effectual 
taphek of destroying them; and the principal means 
employed were poison and fire. By mixing arsenic 
and corrosive aiblichete with animal substances, myriads 
were destroyed ; and the slightest tasting of the poison 
rendered them so outrageous as to devour one another, 
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