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the Rey. Hal Shepherd of St. Paul’s Anglican Church. This 
is another old sanctuary with an ancient churchyard in which 
are many old tombs, some of them dating back over two hun- 
dred years. One morning when seven of our party attended the 
services the clergyman remarked that he had probably at that 
time the largest number of white people in his audience that 
had been present since the dedication of the church. 
The Wesleyan Moravian, Anglican, and the Roman Catholic 
churches divide the field here, most of the whites at- 
tending the cathedral at St. John’s. This is really an imposing 
edifice situated on high ground back of the city. The Bishop 
was absent during our visit and Dean Shepherd, father of the 
Rector of St. Paul’s Church, officiated. There is a very inter- 
esting burial ground where some of the tombstones bear dates 
back nearly to 1600. : 
The Leeward Islands constitute a Crown Colony with the seat 
of government at Antigua. This island is one of the ‘‘Presi- 
dencies’’ and is governed by a Council of sixteen members, all 
nominated by the Governor, who is chairman of the Council. 
There is therefore no representative government as we under- 
stand the term. On the other hand, there is no established 
ehurch. | 
Social affairs were not so prominent in the life of our party 
here as at Barbados, due mainly to the distance of English 
Harbor from the capital at St. John’s, the only communication 
being by auto and the rates being rather too heavy for our purses 
except when business affairs necessitated the trip to town. 
A number of the more prominent people called on us at our 
quarters and we greatly enjoyed their visits, although we were 
unfortunately unable to return most of them. These calls were 
invariably made late in the afternoon after our daily work 
was about completed. The planters came in their own ears and 
at times quite a party would be gathered on the veranda, which 
occasionally looked like the scene of an afternoon reception, al- 
though unfortunately we could offer them little in the way of 
entertainment. We attended one affair which interested us 
very much. It was a Red Cross entertainment given by the 
high school girls under the direction of the Misses Branch. It 
was a high society function, attended by the Governor, the Col- 
