7 o HISTORY OF THE [book nr. 
which has taken effect since the peace, a line of 
division passes in an east and west direction, be¬ 
tween Cariacou and Union island. The former of 
these, and some smaller islands south of it, are all 
that are now comprized in the Grenada govern¬ 
ment ; Union island, with all the little islands ad¬ 
joining, to the north, being annexed to the go¬ 
vernment of St. Vincent. 
Grenada is computed to be about twenty-four 
miles in length and twelve miles in its greatest 
breadth, and contains about 80,000 acres of land; 
of which, although no less than 72,141 acres paid 
taxes in 1776, and may therefore be supposed fit 
for cultivation, yet the quantity actually cultivated 
has never exceeded 50,000 acres. Ine face of the 
country is mountainous, but not inaccessible in any 
part, and it abounds with springs and rivulets. To 
the north and the east, the soil is a brick mould; 
•the same or nearly the same, as that of which 
mention has been made in the history of Jamaica. 
On the west side, it is a rich black mould on a 
substratum of yellow clay. To the south, the land 
in general is poor, and of a reddish hue, and the 
•same extends over a considerable part of the inte¬ 
rior country. On the whole, however, Grenada 
appears to be fertile in a high degree, and by the 
variety, as well as excellence, of its returns, seems 
adapted to every tropical production- The exports 
of the year 1776, from Grenada and its depen¬ 
dencies, were 14,012,157 lbs. of muscovado, and 
.<4,273,697 lbs. of clayed sugar; 818,700 gallons x>t 
