Fig. 104. — The west end of the island of St. Croix from the open roadstead 

 of Fredericksted. Montpellier Mountain in the background. Mountains such 

 as this are visible to one standing at sea level in St. Thomas, 40 miles north. 

 The South American Arawak Indian could always see one or more islands of 

 the Antillean chain as he migrated northward. 



Fig. 10^. 



-The sugar central at Bethlehem, centrally located on the southern 

 plains of St. Croix. 



Fig. 106. — The denuded mountain slopes of St. Thomas near Charlotte 

 Amalie. Slave labor once cultivated sugar cane on land now considered too 

 rough and arid. 



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