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DRS. T. AXDEKSOX AAD J. S. FLETT OX THE EEUPTIOXS OF THE 
It would seem that all the leeward side of St. Vincent, from Richmond to Windsor 
Forest, had suffered severely, and the Carib Country, from Grand Sable to Turema, was 
covered with 6 to 10 inches of ashes. At Fancy and Owia, on the northern shore, 
there was a certain amount of damage, hut it is quite probable that, as in this 
eruption, they suffered only to a comparatively slight extent. The list of ruined 
estates is practically the same as that of May, 1902, and in particular we may note 
that, while the country around Georgetown was much damaged, no injury was done 
at Ghateaubelair. The depth of ashes which fell on the Windward Estates was only 
10 inches, as compared with 3 to 5 feet on this last occasion, and this leads to the 
belief that on the whole the eruption of 1812 was the less violent of the two. 
The agricultural value of the land in the Carib country was hardly affected, as 
the eruption took place when the crop was over ; and the same amount of sugar and 
rum was manufactured there in 1813 as in 1812."'" Duvallie’s was completely 
destroyed; Fraser’s (north of Wallibu) recovered only in 1814; and Wallibu in 1814 
or ISlo.t 
The loss of life was also small, and singularly little mention is made of it, as 
nearly all those killed appear to have been negro slaves, and their value was no doubt 
reckoned up in the grand total of losses. As at that time the sugar estates were 
highly prosperous there must have been a large population, so we may safely conclude 
that a hot asphyxiating blast did not pass over the villages. The injuries are 
ascribed to hot falling stones, and to the collapse of the roots of the huts on their 
occupants. It is said that the number of lives lost was oG.j: By the collapse of the 
roof of tlie Grand Sable house "‘a gentleman of the name of Philutps” was killed. 
Accordino; to a letter from William .Mackexzie, of Turema, verv few lives were lost 
in the Carib Country. § Nine perished at Duvallie’s. || 
In a letter from ALEXAXDEPi Ceuickshaxks, who was part proprietor of Lot 14,^ 
we have some further particulars which are of great importance The Rahaka 
River and the Wallibu have totally disappeared, not one drop of water being left in 
the channels of the Rahaka. The lava is 50 to GO feet, and in some 80 feet, above 
the bed of the river, and in some places on the other side of the island the lava is 
about 130 feet, covering completely a fall in the Wallibu River, which rvas 70 feet 
high, not only to the top, but 50 or GO feet above the top of it, from which the water 
formerly fell.” 
It is also repeatedly stated, in the correspondence printed in the Blue Book, 
that the Rivers Rahaka and Wallibu have completely dried u]), and this was of 
* Blue Book, p. 88 ; also p. 98. 
t Blue Book ‘ Ou the Eruptions in St. Vincent and Martinique in IMay, 1902,’q3. 87. 
1 P. Foster HiUiOixs, ‘ Account of the Eruptions of the St. Vincent Soufriere,’ p. 7. 
§ Blue Book ‘ On the Eru[)tions of St. Vincent and Martinique in May, 1902,’ p. 92. 
|j Blue Book, p. 95. 
Bine Book, p. 92. 
