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SMITHSOXIAX MISCELLAXEOUS COLI.I-X'TIOXS VOL. "] 2 



Indians (42.7 per cent) and negroes (39 per cent). The chief 

 product of the colony is sugar, which, together with the by-products 

 rum and molasses, constitutes about three-fourths of the exports. 

 Other products are gold. rice, balata. timber, and cattle. The country 

 is fairly health}-, the death rate being about 35 per i.ooo (14.8 per 

 1. 000 among whites ) . Yellow fever is absent, but malaria and dysen- 

 tery are prevalent. 



Fig. 68. — Antigua. An old sugar mill. These old stone 

 mills, formerly used for crushing the cane, are common on 

 the islands. Oxen were attaclied to the long beam. The 

 crushing or grinding is now done in modern sugar factories. 



The rainfall at Georgetown is about 90 inches, with a dry season 

 September to November, and another short dry season in the spring. 

 The temperature at the same place is, in the daytime, about 88° F. 

 in the summer, falling four to six degrees at night, and in winter 

 four to six degrees lower. The temperature at night in winter rarely 

 falls below 75° (the minimum record for 35 years is 69°). 



