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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 579 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GRENADINES , a See also:

CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of islets in the Windward Islands, See also:

West Indies. They stretch for 6o m. between St See also:

Vincent and See also:

GRENADA

Grenada, following a N.E. to S.W. direction, and consist of some 600 islets and rocks. Some are a few square See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles in extent, others are merely rocky cones projecting from the deep. For purposes of See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration they are divided between St Vincent and Grenada. Bequia, the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the St Vincent See also:

GROUP

group, is See also:

long and narrow, with an See also:

AREA

area 6 sq. m. Owing to a lack of See also:

WATER

water it is only slightly cultivated, but See also:

GAME

game is plentiful. See also:

ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

Admiralty See also:

BAY

Bay, on the W. See also:

side, is a safe and commodious See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour. Carriacou, belonging to Grenada, is the largest of the group, being 7 M. long, 2 M. wide and 13 sq. m. in extent. A See also:

ridge of hills, rising to an See also:

ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 700 ft., traverses the centre from N.E. to S.W.; here admirable See also:

BUILDING

building See also:

stone is found. There are two See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good harbours on the west See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, Hillsborough Bay on which stands Hillsborough, the chief See also:

TOWN

town, and Tyrell Bay, farther See also:

south. The island is thickly populated, the See also:

NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro peasantry occupying small lots and working on the metayer See also:

SYSTEM

system. Excellent oysters are found along the coast, and See also:

cotton and 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 are the chief exports.

Pop. of the. group, mostly on Carriacou (19o1) 6497.

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