MONTSEREAT. 



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besides the sugar and rum industries, have since 1852 covered large tracts with 

 lemon-groves, yielding nearly all the citric acid and lemon- juice consumed in 



England. 



Plymouth, the capital, lies on the west side, but .he roadstead, being too 

 exposed for large vessels, is frequented only by small craft engaged in the coast- 



Fig. 224.— MONTSEEEAT. 

 Scale 1 : 180 OOO. 



52° 15 



62°iO- 



West oF Greenwich 



OtolO 

 Fathoms 



Depths. 



10 to 100 100 Fathoms 



Fathoms. and upwards. 



3 xMiles. 



ing trade. Its mild climate and picturesque environment have earned for this 

 place the title of the "Western Montpellier." 



The Archipelago of Guadeloupe. 

 Guadeloupe (Guadalupe), largest of the Lesser Antilles, has preserved under 

 a slightly modified form the name given by Columbus to Curucueira, as it was 



