CONTENTS. 
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and a half per centum on produce exported.—Arguments for and ob¬ 
jections against the measure.—Decisions of the court of King’s Bench 
on this important question.—Strictures on some positions advanced by 
the lord-chief justice on this occasion.—Transactions within the colony. 
—Royal instructions in favour of the Roman Catholic capitulations. 
—Internal dissentions.—Defenceless state.—French invasion 1779.__ 
Brave defence of the garrison.—Unconditional surrender.—Hardships 
exercised towards the English planters and their creditors.—Redress 
given by the court of France. — Grenada, &c. restored to Great Bri¬ 
tain by the peace of 1783 .—Present state of the colony in respect to 
cultivation, productions and exports ; government and population. 43 
Postscript to the History of Grenada . ....81 
APPENDIX to Chap. II. .. 84 
CHAP. III. 
Saint Vincent and its Dependencies, and Dominica .93 
APPENDIX to Chap .III . 131 
CHAP. IV. 
Leeward Charaibean Island Government, comprehending Saint Chris¬ 
topher’s, Nevis, Antigua, Montserrat, and the Virgin Islands.— 
Civil History and Geographical Description of each.—Table of ex¬ 
ports from each island for 1787 ; and an account of the money ari¬ 
sing from the duty of four and a half per centum.—Observations con¬ 
cerning the decline of these islands, which conclude their history. 137 
BOOK IV. 
PRESENT INHABITANTS. 
CHAP I. 
Summary account of the inhabitants of the several islands .—Classes.— 
Emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland.—Predominant character 
of the European residents.—Creoles or natives.—Effect of climate.—* 
