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The following particulars of the physical condition of St. Vincent 

 are taken from a Sketch of the Colony prepared by Mr. T. B. C. 



Musgrave for the Jamaica Exhibition, 1891 : — 



" The geological formation of St. Vincent is volcanic, all the rocks 

 of the island indicating that origin. So recently as in 1812 the 

 ' Soufriere,' a mountain at the north end of the island, 4,048 feet 

 high, broke out in eruption and overwhelmed much of the .-urrounding 



period more remote. At the bottom of the older crater, some 1,600 



from 2,000 to 4,000 feet, and densely wooded, traverse 



coast, especially towards the north end of the i-iaml. 

 country, affords much more level land." 



"The Carib country is a broad and fertile tract sloping 



ward- from the sea. for a di-tunce of some four mile-, i 



the hill- of the centra! mountain ran ire which then ri-es 



■ ; re. 1' derive- its name from ha' 



of a century ago, been allotted to the aborigines of t 



"The valleys are fertile and well watered, v 

 through them, which tarn the different water n 

 the dry season, comparatively small, swell in 

 heavy rains. The windward slopes of the Soul 



country, and which from its peculiarity deserve 

 "Before the eruption of the Soufriere in 1; 



down with singular for 



The slopes of the 



abundant undergro 1 ! 

 streams, species of i 

 Of tree ferns there a 

 and three species of 



