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Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1887. 
A WEST INDIAN FOREST. 
OON after my arrival in the island of 
y, and when several satis- 
island in search of the particular marine 
uer which it was my duty to investigate, I 
esolved to make a short expedition to the 
- 4 Grand Etang,” a lake in a crater about 2000 feet 
above sea level, among the peaks of the central 
mountain mass of the island. Mr. Elliott, the 
of long rides. 
comfort. A couple o 
collecting equipment, clothes, provisions, € 
s the night before, and placed in readine 
x and Cæsar, who started with them at iiis in 
the morning, while Mr. He and Ф follow "io on 
horseback two hours late 
them until we had car completed ihe mnt {о 
our base of operations. There wa 
for speed on my part, отеу er, since the way led 
ast magnificent Palms of various kinds, Bread- 
fruit trees, Mahogany trees, Flamboyants, N utmeg, 
Cacao, Mango, and a host tof niher trees and plants, 
which make a m Britain pause 
For the first few miles, too, the way led past road- 
side settlements of negroes, who civilly greeted us 
from the doors of their cabins. As is well known 
to everybody, the great emancipation question 
settled by our fathers has been succeeded by 
a labour question on which West Indian planters 
very commonly hold strong opinions, adverse to 
