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colony of the Leeward Islands. Pop. (1901) 3890, mostly negroes. It is situated in 18° 12' N. and 63° 5' W., about 6o m. N.W. of St Kitts, is 16 m. See also:

long and has an See also:

AREA

area of 35 sq. m. The destruction of trees by See also:

CHARCOAL

charcoal-burners has resulted in the almost See also:

COMPLETE

complete deforestation of the island. Nearly-all the See also:

LAND

land is in the hands of See also:

PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant proprietors, who cultivate sweet potatoes, peas, beans, See also:

corn, &c., and See also:

REAR

rear See also:

sheep and goats. See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

Cattle, phosphate of See also:

lime and See also:

salt, manufactured from a See also:

lake in the interior, are the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal exports, the See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market for these being the neighbouring island of St See also:

Thomas.

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