CHAP. IV.] WEST INDIES. 169 
hogsheads of sugar of sixteen cwt. are reckoned a 
good saving crop. This* as one half the canes on¬ 
ly are cut annually, is about a hogshead of sugar 
per acre for each acre that is cut. The produce of 
1787 will be given hereafter; and I believe it was 
a year more favourable to Antigua, in proportion 
to its extent, than to any other of the British 
islands in the West Indies. 
Antigua is divided into six parishes and eleven 
districts, and contains six towns and villages. St. 
John’s* (the capital)* Parham, Falmouth, Willough¬ 
by Bay, Old Road, and James Fort: of which the 
two first are legal ports of entry.—No island, in 
this part of tire West Indies, can boast of so many 
excellent harbours. Of these, the principal are 
English harbour and Saint John’s, both well forti¬ 
fied, and at the former the British government has 
established a royal navy yard and arsenal, and con- 
veniencies for careening ships ot war. 
The military establishment generally consists of 
two regiments of infantry, and two of foot militia. 
There are likewise a squadron of dragoons, and a 
battalion of artillery, both raised in the island, and 
the regulars receive additional pay, as in Jamaica. 
* The town of Saint John was nearly destroyed by fire on the 17th 
■of August 1769; upwards oV 260 houses being consumed; besides 
wharfs, cranes, &c. &c. 
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