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Fk;. 43. — Harbor of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. 



Fig. 44. — Basse Terre, St. Kitts. Lighters coming out to the steamer. At 

 only two islands (St. Thomas and St. Lucia) is the water of the harbors 

 deep enough to permit large vessels to dock. 



Fig. 45. — Ruined sugar mill, Aioiit^crrat. Ruined w'ndmills — abandoned 

 in favor of modern machinery — are as characteristic of the Lesser Antillean 

 landscape as the old watch towers are of that of the Mediterranean coast of 

 Europe. 



