﻿THE 
  HAUNTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CARIBBEAN 
  CORSAIRS 
  

  

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  © 
  Evring 
  Galloway 
  

  

  BRAINLESS 
  HEADWORK 
  AT 
  ST. 
  LUCIA: 
  WINDWARD 
  ISLANDS 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  customary 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  for 
  women, 
  each 
  carrying 
  

   from 
  75 
  to 
  90 
  pounds 
  of 
  coal 
  on 
  her 
  head 
  at 
  one 
  time, 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  bunkers 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  which 
  

   stop 
  at 
  their 
  ports. 
  

  

  

  THE 
  TOWN 
  SQUARE 
  IN 
  BASSETERRE, 
  THE 
  CAPITAL 
  OE 
  ST. 
  KI 
  ITS 
  

  

  The 
  clock-tower 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  square 
  was 
  erected 
  to 
  the 
  memory 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  T. 
  B. 
  

   Berkeley, 
  a 
  prominent 
  citizen 
  of 
  the 
  colony. 
  The 
  lower 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  houses 
  in 
  St. 
  Kitts 
  are 
  

   built 
  of 
  a 
  grayish 
  stone, 
  the 
  upper 
  stories 
  being 
  of 
  wood. 
  

  

  