The sun., 1894-10-21
ROBINSON CRUSOES ISLAND
TOBACCO, THE 1tosT soUTHERLT OF
THE EST INDIES.

neFee's KuowIedge Sf the rInee A Native
opinior OF His 70 uree OF Inforrantiop-
Little Change In Two Centurtes.
From Barbados b. Tobago the distance 1,
100 miles, and 10 o. ~ OF our New York mil
lionaires wished TO m axe the journey he could
do 40 readily at are time by chsrtering
schooner at an expt nse Of from sT5 TO sl5
For the ordinary tra weller like myself, how.
ever" said the youi " botanist, going from
Barbadoes 10 Tobago b about equal In time con.
sumed to trip fromG New YORK 10 sitka, hui
much cheaper. Tobf sro does much Of her local
business with Port Of. Spain, Trinidad, because
that city IL close by; but she also does some OF
IL with Barbados. ar Il at intervals n schooner
can be found going rom Bridgctown TO Scar.
borough. The fare n such trading schooner
IL $40 between the ~ places. was lucky a.
usual when the time came for me go, having to
wait only eight days for a vessel
while | waited in one OF the comforta bic
and inexpensive nstlvc hotels in Brdgetown
tand by native mean to distinguish IL from
the hotels that sio kept open for the entertain
ment Of America ps aud other foreign visitors),
l naturally learr ted little more about the
island and Its eople- Why Bridgetown q
was one ofmy inardries1 you have only small
stream here, and he bridges nre hardly large
enough or important enough to give name TO
your capital cityv This brought out what
seemed to me the very curious fact that the
whites who discoNe ed the island found n
bridge built over tlp creek-a bridge built and
used for many years by the Carib Indians. The
town was nt first callt Indian Bridge, and this
was afterward changad to Bridgetown.
"The name 'Barbad oes leg sometimes given
to elephantinsis, is Isufficient indication that
that disease is prevail mt on the island. 1t Is
very common in Bridi :etown, and saw large
number of cases. One leg swells up to an enor-
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knee and foot, till It b, thought to resemble an
elephants leg. The vi ctim of this disease walks
with great difficulty, and when he rides he
seems to prefer donkey. upon which he sits
woman fashion. Every case of elephantiasis
was upon n colorcd person, md always in
one leg only. From u V knee down the leg
looks like an immense dark -colOred carrot,
largest at the foot 30 large sometimes
that the foot seems to be obliterated. Some OF
the legs that saw must have been ten inches
through at the ankle. 1t wrsuld be an easy mat
ter to hide these unsghtly limbs with the cloth
ing, but those seen in pub hc usually belong to
beggars, to whom they are n stock In trade.
"I was told frequently in 1,arbadoes that the
island Is out OF the track at hurricanes, AT
leas we never have any tina amount to any
thing Ia often added a saw ing clause. | was
used to hearing that, however, for heard the
same thing on almost every island. Unfortu-
natcty tho facts do not bear ou this statement
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erty was destroyed.
ITO stand upon one OF the h kh points OF Bar
badoes and look all the Isl and, 1t seems In
credible that that little dot of land should ever
have been such an immense slave pen. The
slaves OF the British West Indies were all freed
In 1884 ana NJ that time baroa aoes had s3,lT6
African slaves. The owners were allowed
81. .72o.345 for them, or AGO las. each.
~ tar "NA "s to', "'e'p "e.e neary
80 900 slaves on the island and ihe whole popr-
80. go - noa 80, oa,',.,o,s .,', o,,.'o",
more u'ah @'ooc were eoh'ic,> anu pohticai
md sold into ssrvitude
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new idea about Robinson Crusoe 1t was to
Robinson Crusoe's island of Tobaeo that WAS
about to SAIL ana IN moment Will give you
proof that Tobago was the island De-
roe had IN h,,na mn, wheh ne "ro'o ms "onieriui
Robinson Crusoe was altogether out OF the world
On his little island. far ort of the track Of com
nercs, i@ away ron any lorh oi CIV
,nd think .v.ry hoy reader r.,,,ives tbs |
-. ISIS - n,e, sne
'ahs inpEesSioh' put mere was baroaooes only |
l20 miles away from him, hOsIrishing |
,ity evan i'm tbx,sa days with 0B 600 british |
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subjects upon H. "lth snaps constantly arriving
rom England AND with its planters making
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'reckeu on ropaso' according 10 the story; ana
,nly four years before that, in 1885. Bar BADGES
,ad furnished a. 800 volunteers for the British
,sne5ition aVainst san Duminpn and Jnmaira
3arbadoes held the same nnil.ion thon Iiat in
.oIds nov"that The Rritish natinn il SAT- ~
ona .s IA rbsdnes remains nyai: and noor old
4 }n6,nson was nnly 100 miles away frni thon
sn,is OF Ms coInfrym.n ' ~' '
,ir,y honrs ,,ftar lea vim, Rridu,atovn ,ys.
m Scart;oroIvl, ths oIiaInf Iit.is canitaI ~ |
1nh.,n =. IawI uf ak1ut 5oO inLnhitant.' |
.Il coIorsd I ar me uss tbst ,hirtv hn,rr,
ntsryai IN show von beyond a doubt tIat Ta.
,agn IL tba isIand Defoe tooL 1rsaf mains 10 Ia |
sssfba IN Kahinson r'rusosS ami hnan wbich
M hero lived In solituds II you have anv idas |
4 Juan Eernaad,.z bsinu Cr,lsnss island vo., |
annot dismiss ths i.Iea tnn soon IL h nsfo1s |
s.nins that makes ma ali ioo[ unon Crnsos a.
Ne rsai man and Alayander SsItirL a. tbs |
nyth> Seikirk MAS The man who WAS vreckeJ |