, 1896-10-14
GRENADA, BRITISH WEST INDIES.
CLouisiana Piauter, 1911 Septem5er.)

louisiana Platter, 1911 Septem5er.)
Grenada is a small island, much smaller
than TliniIad, being about twenty miles in
length and some ten or twelve in breadth.
1t has an area of about 2z0 so pare miles,
vile cas- that # Trinidad is 1850, Grenada is
Therefore about onr-cighth the size of it's
larger sister. III appearance the two islands
diff r widely. Trinidad eel kpinly has its
hills ald mountains, and the highest Of them
are cOusi jerably more elevated than those
of Grenada. but large portions Of its surface
are almost a dead level, and other consider
able portions are only slightly lilly and
rolling. But Grenada has scarcely a level
spot anywhere larger than Wonld suffice for
a tennis lawn or cricket ground. About the
only spot in the n~eighbnu Lood of st.
Georges suitable for even that purpose is a
small plain on the right baik Of a little
river which runs to the sea at a short dis
lance north of the town, and this place, to
which the youths Of ST. Georges resort for
their sports, has be- u digniied with the
name of Queens Park" though it looks
small when compared with our own magni~
fcent Savanna, which ~rtioices in the same
name. Indeed, in evtry part Of the Island
the hills and mou ttains have been tossed
up in wild confusion b eubterranean forces,
Hp lIliAt NlidU ID W W iu5 III NSllIllcS IOf
spOlt is and for easy mmrl ications between
different places in tn. island is compensated
for in the variety, be- tuty, p cluresqueness and
grandeur of the scenery.
No one can truthiuIly complain Of tame
ness or monotony in the scenery If Grenada.
Whether one rides north. south. east. or west
along roads which, it narrow, are we'll laid
out firm and ancient. some of them having
been constructed in the old times of French
possession, he is alw Us csming upon new
scenes which differ in some respects from any
that he has seen before. The whole surface
of the island is uneven, rugged, hilly, noun
famous, hills heaped on bills sometimes grow.
ing iuto mountains, ran.ing from 1000 to
1850 feet above the level of the sea. The
tops Of these mountains are forest grown,
their sides and the valleys between them.
which are often very fertile, have been
largely brought rndcr cultivation. 1t is said
that there are hot springs in several places,
and some critters of extinct volcanoes, one
of which, it is claimed, filled with the water
Of the sea serves the u~ MI purpose Of IA
splendid harbour at st. G. "l ge's, and another
Of which, filled with fresh water, a respect
able lake on a mountain top 1900 feet high
serves the less important purpose of a de-
lighttul goal for enteIpriSing tourists. and a
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amid surroundings which proclaim the ac-
tivity in former times of mighty forces
which hav" long since been hushed to rest
and slumber,
The principal interests of Grenada are
agricultural. The chief pro luct is cocoa.
Long ago sugar was the principal crop. but
all that has been changed, aud as one moves
about from place to place he sees almost
everywhere ruins Of old Buildings and aque-
ducts which remind HIM OF other and differ
ent days. Of a state of society vanished and
gone, and of tOilers whose lab urs have long
since ceased. How complete the change has
been will appear from the single fact that
in 1898 Grenada exported only 473I worth
Of sugar, while she exported cocoa to the
value of G28l ,004. Her other exports for
the same year in the order of their lmpor.
tance we're
Spices, chiefly nutmegs,.. ..8t4, COS
1OtAOI'''''. 80. '-.-----...... 1886