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ch he food resources of the negroes consist of yams, sweet 
potatoes, kush-kush, pigeon-peas, plantains, Indian corn, cassava, bread 
fruit, 
January l.—I arrived, in the * Water Witch,” off St. George's, 
Grenada, about 1 o'clock and landed at 2. After a short conference 
with the т иін чм нан (Mr. Drayton), I rode up to 
SA ar use and met the Governor-in-Chief. Later in the 
visited the Botanical Garden. І was much pleased with 
the азса appearance and the growth made by the plants since 
1886. 
January 2 to January 4.—Under the Mime of P (ete I rested 
my foot for a few days. In the meantime I was able to discuss 
numerous subjects of a botanical character Péláting + to the Windward 
Islands with the 5 Chief. Тһе newly appointed Curator of 
the Botanical Garde r. George W. Smith, brought up a plan of 
operations for the ele year. I arranged with him in regard to 
suitable subjects for the monthly Bulletin, and a selection of plants for 
the trial plots to be established in aid of local industries. 
January 5.— Visited the Botanical Garden. Went carefully over the 
land and sketched the position of drains, paths, and water pipes neces- 
sary for a proper working of the establishment. In the afternoon 
engaged with correspondence. 
January 6.—Again visited the Botanical Garden and selected the 
position of various experimental or trial plots. In the afternoon left 
with Mr. R. T. Wright, the Chief of Flies for the pariah of St. David. 
Rode along the Windsor Road to St. David's Court House, and then to 
Hampstead, the residence of Dr. Wells, who had kindly offered to receive 
me for the night. Dr. Wells has a most interesting estate at a moderate 
- elevation above the sea, with пне, clove, cinnamon, cacao, and other 
plants well established. Тһе situation was under the shelter of a large 
hill covered with virgin Кы. d admirably к ри for growing 
spices. Some of the nutmeg trees were the oldest and finest in the 
island. The pimento or allspice of Grenada is А ау. Pimenta acris, 
the bay-rum tree, and not Pimenta officinalis, the true a tede of 
ca. 
settlers, who grow a little sugar-cane, Mone в, a d nd vegetables. 
The soil is a rich red clay. e or two large ar estates, me 
remnants only of the old sugar шаан} of the ‘sland, survive in 
alluvial valleys near the sea coas 
пату 7.—Т left Hampstead about 9 o'clock, and rode through 
Grand Bacolet (a sugar estate belonging to Mr. Lamothe), and through 
Tuileries (another sugar estate belonging to Mr. Ваш), These are бя 
the windward slopes of the pend facing e east. Cacao is grow 
Mis К running inland. About 4 o'clock I reached 1 Bellevue (St. gà 
rew's), a nutmeg and cacao bin лг to the Hon. H. 
This is at an elevation of 1,100 feet. There were here some very large 
Indies. The yield is s, of course, phenomenal. It has taken about ag 
years to bring it about, | and the Sei t circumstances 
and aspect found here may possibly not he met with Ак ыр oyi in 
