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At 5 o’clock we took our leave of Commander Noel, with whom we 
had made a most interesting and successful voyage, and went on board 
the “ Esk ” (Captain Powles) 
December 17.—We arrived off St. Kitts at 8 a.m., and Nevis at 
10.30 a.m. ` had a fair passage from these islands to Antigua, where 
we arrived at 4.30 p.m. Here I took leave of the Governor, his 
Excellency Sir William Haynes Smith, with whom I had spent 21 "very 
usy and interesting days in the Leeward Islands. 
December 18.—I continued my voyage southward again, passing 
Montserrat and Guadeloupe, and arriving at Dominica at 1 30 p.m. Ву 
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апа paths had been surveyed, and the water had been laid on. e site 
is a most suitable one for a station, and it should prove in time one of 
the most interesting and attractive gardens in the whole of the West 
Indies. 
WINDWARD ISLANDS. 
St. Lucia. 
St. Lucia has an area of 243 square miles, and a population of about 
The surface is very hilly, The main axis of elevation trends 
th, with 
marked featur i 
district it is soe. ged picturesque. The hill sides are generally steep 
and covered with forest. The valleys are very rich and fertile; the 
most noted of бае are the Mabouya, Roseau, and Cul-de-Sac valleys. 
Two large districts in the northern and southern portions of the island 
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drought. At present only a small extent of land is under systematic 
cultivation. There are several large sugar factories or usines, the most 
prosperous at the present time being that at Vieux Fort in the extreme 
south. Excellent crystallized sugar is рано, as also molasses ап 
rum. Cacao, coffee, ginger, annatto, black pepper, vanilla, graines 
d'ambrette or vegetable musk (Hibiscus Abelmoschus), arrowroot, 
ven hance gia (Canna), yams, sweet potatoes, various and beans, 
vegetables, are grown in small quantities. It is evident that 
the serinltur development i in the interior of St. Lucia has hardly yet 
begun. "There are extensive tracts of splendid land yet untouched, and 
while some of the valleys could be established with thriving sugar 
— the higher and healthier lands are well adapted for large an 
ecessful plantations of coffee and cacao. 
"The climate of St. Lucia is undeservedly classed as unhealthy. The 
unhealthiness is entirely confined to a few swampy en aclosed n and 
the danger from venomous snakes (found only in this island am 
British Lesser Antilles) has been EMT ipa iiim The chief town 
is сино, with a population of 6,000, i s an excellent harbour 
and is becoming an important naval and crine station. Sincea swamp 
