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Island Has Surplu^ 
Of Arrowroot Starch 
KINGSTON, St. Vtacent-The 
little Caribbean island of St vm 
cent has one claim to fame for 
a long time it has been the 
world’s No. 1 exporter of arrow- 
root starch. In fact, it has far 
Tfs? tnrSpped 
pounds more ',*^’2° si 
nroduced. But it still 
much of the starch stocgled 
that if the 1967 ratio of sales to 
production is maintained, bi. 
Vincent’s present surplus won t 
be worked off till 1978. 
550 
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NoJ It "Ih"‘''‘ *he island by at feast I'ooV; n 
tr. chapters, which deal respectively with forest clearance 1627 
to .665 .^id plant introduction .627 to 1800, we are on firLr grouTd VerTthorouch 
coLttt^" made of documentary sources for these periods and an impressive ac- 
replaced btaTiett'" **'*®‘'* ^as modified and widely 
rZt K r P®’ °^"=>"’‘=«tols and weeds. The information on the dates and 
planTexchrngtwitWrthrr'' particular interest to students of 
to p esentthese dl a t th' fo“’ f ‘ “ '* ^"^rettable that no attempt has been made 
witCt page ‘^at references are cited 
Reneralizations are offered in a few concluding paragraphs but thev 
mented'" recornfforest 'l monograph lies more in its well dotu^ 
inw,!, . . ^ of forest clearance and plant introduction than in its rather sketchv 
interpretation of the present and past ecology of Barbados. D. R. Harris 
Sherlock. London: Themes and Hudson, 1966 8>.x6 
Most of the many books on the West Indies that have been published in recent vears 
have been written from a European or North American viewpoi^ tL most Lua 
pproach has been that of the bemused visitor who has fallen under the soell of the 
islands’ exotic scenery and romantic history. This fine bor^an excepdl^ Its 
author IS Jamaican, now Vice-Chancellor of the University oHhe West 
Afrkan'^radidtT'lnd pf '"**eht the blend of American environment, - 
cultuT unfque Like the 
that 1 T l" ^ ^ novelist, V. S. Naipaul, Dr. Sherlock knows 
formnie^Af'*'” ^^®if T*"*" West Indian than for the more 
Llmre and Skiw\^d\""''"' v "" u of continuous 
nreS West ThH?,! h ^ writing carries the more conviction because he inter- 
prets W est Indian histoiy and society from this point of view. 
The book deals essentially with the English-speaking islands and the first eisht 
chapters are devoted to an historical account of the discovery of the West Indies their 
T th'"f Africa, and their economic, political and social evolution 
In the last four chapters Dr. Sherlock briefly analyses current eclomic prSems' 
Indkn'folkl"'* ^ organization, religion and education, explores the richness of West 
"LT? y “ “ ‘’'IJf''"™ ™'n.reM.i«n of .he .hemee .h. , mS 
concern modern West Indian writers. The value of his book is further enhanced bv 
people a°nTplacer*‘°”*’ “ appendixes listing 
D. R. Harris 
SOUTH AMERICA 
^ ^ ®Hce of the soils of the Brazilian Amazon region. 
SLr^»?nf- Netherlands: Centre for Agricultural Publica- 
Zto^LZelTJTr' T f/ ^ ^^=^^-fis^‘res, tables, and 
P tographs, 6 fold-out maps and diagrams, two accompanying tables, gos 
Ind onra ol the hil basin-three on the coast near Belem 
nd one along the highway which cuts south towards Brasilia. This new road orovides 
and ^f tifiTnlimh te '=H«iHgs which reveal some surprising sections of the soils 
Ae rest of S K Hear Manaos has been surveyed, and for 
The o^s^nd th*'" V '.r* been examined. 
1 he soils and the plinthite in these areas have been surveyed and analysed thorouehlv 
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