The Republican journal., 1902-07-24

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Soutrlere OF Montserrat without feel
ing my heart swell with love. and sor-
row that | shall never see it again.
Another thirty-mile run. this time in
a westerly direction. brings YOU
to Antigua, the largest and most i'm
portant of the leeWard Islands and the
official residence of the Governor-in-
chief of the British portion of the
group. Columbus named il after a
church in Seville->anta Maria la An
tigua, The last word, 10y the way,
should be pronounced An-tee-gah-
though the resident Englishmen, with
their customary pig -leadedness in the
use OF Spanish names-persiSt in call
ing it "Antigger." 1t is not shaped
like the neighboring islands. being
larger and lower, with no central ridge
or soufriere. Neither is it fiat. like
Barbados. The edges of the island
are ramparted with magnificent cliffs.
which gradually slope inward the i'll
terror being succession OF gentle
wooded hills. green meadows and grassy
clowns " AS the ENGLISH owners call
them. of its total area of 129 coo acres
fully loG. 900 are under cuItiyation
Sugar-cane is the priucipaI product
though some tobacco and cotton are
grown. and grain enough for home CON
sumption. Making tor English Har-
bour locallv spellpd with A II. after the
English fashion. vou lin1 bay within
a bav-a semicircle Of wooded heights
and lava cliffs which almost meet at
the narrow entrance. guarded by numer-
Gus OUTLYING rocks and shoals. SO that
access is both difficult and dangerous.
But when once safe inside of if This
harbor is one of the hest i'm the world
capable of receiving the largest ships
of the British navy. The Roval Mail
steam packets. which call regularly,
make this their station. in preference
to st. Johns larbor ON the other side
of the island. Both are extinct craters
and show what destructive forces have
ragged here in ages past. There are
MANY rateI-harbors in the West In
dies. which nature has handed over. at
least for time. from the dominion of
fire to that of water
picturesoue but uncannv hole is
English Harbour. The steamer Greens
in carefu]ly THROUGH deem crack il,
the sides of the orav cliffs vhose bases
aro narfor.+ad With darlz and faorson,e
caverns worn hv the waves 0n tbe
rioht bluff of black lava drons sbeer
down into still water many fathons
deem and Won anchor AT IFS foot i'm tho
midst of an IRREGULAR pronn of craters
having passed into one of them throup),
a gap in it's side. torn ont bv some anci-
emf flow of lava Part of its circun-
ference is nerfectlv round and smoo+b
walled bv ash-heds that GRADUALLY slone
outward On it's broLen s;do . sbor+
wide creek or canal leads q little uav
inland and along it's hants 10 ranood
ouavs and warehouses; hac,od hv Not
government h,,;ld;nos Thod,,s+1 r;,,s
If tho ancient cra+ars ,,,o clothed u,;+h
nocn,i.r veoo+.tion +ho hr;ah+
bo.l+hu oroa,, ot oro ,,o,.an - eeaa7...l
all the cliffs and binsidos 40 hr;s+';na
with ..snanisb harono+s, ,, +,o ,nara
Americana aloe or cent,rv nlant ;+S
enormous lunches Of fat nita Sbaned
laavas snrinoino ont of crorioos 60 ar;d
tha+ ovan mass conld no+ find foo+.
hold There is = snlendid cara,aao and
dock ward and an arsenal at +ho nort
called ralm mouth The chain of r,,rood
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