, 1913-02-19

in Barbados, a College known for nearly a
century all over the West Indies as an I'M
portant educational centre, and called after
it's Found r C%odrington College. The Bar
bados estates still remain in the hands OF
SP.G. for the support of the College, but
Barbuda, which is also mentioned in Gener-
al Codrington's will, has ceased to form a
part of the trust. [ an unable to give any
reason for this. The probable explanation
is that the gift of Barbuda was only a gift
of a lea Sc of the Island, the property revert
ing to the Government when the lease was
up.
The village is one of the quaintest and
most picturesque places [ have ever seen IN
the West Indies. 1t is entirely surrounded
bv a dry wall artistically put together, and
each house has it's yard which is kept per-
fectly clean, and the plot is surrounded by
O paiing of a brush they call waiting. No
one is allowed to live outside the village.
Any villager may have as much land as he
wants free of charge from the Manager, but
he must return at night to the village. The
protection of game is the cause OF this law.
There are many strange customs, as one
NAV imagine, and one is that if anyone sur
rounds a fruit tree with waiting, IN the un-
cultivated land, it belongs to that person,
and the law will uphold his right to the
fruit.
The Church is cruciform in shape and
seats about 500. 1t is conveniently situated
in the village, and is surrounded by q gar
den. It sadly needs a tower, and l am glad
to say that the Rector will coon supply the
need as he has in hand a fairly large sum
for the purpose. The Rectory Is some dis
lance from the Church, but as the road is
as level as q die the Rector thinks nothing
of the walk.
After a six o'clock dinner on the evening
of our arrival we adjourned to the Church
(Holy Trinity for Evensong at which the
Archdeacon preached to a very large and
attentive congregation. On Monday morn
ing the Bishop celebrated, and the large
number of 50 COMMUNICATE presented
themselves at the Altar. I comment on the
number of Communicates, as the total mum
Der of Church people in the Island is only
about 600.
After breakfast, about 1915 Mr.. Suther-
land took us for a most enjoyable drive to
the Northern part of the Island. | think we
realized then, more than ever, the peculiari-
ty of the Island viz its extreme fairness.
We drove six miles out without encounter
ing even the suggestion of a hill, miles on
miles of fiat, shrub land. We saw what are
called in Barbuda the highlands-low hills,
the highest point beng 2O5 feetl But we
also saw something which am sure would
make the mouths of planters water, and that
was o field Of over 100 acres of the health
est and most promising cotton plants l have
ever seeu ; and I have seen a good deal OF
cotton cultivation. Mr.. Sutherland is justly
proud of his cotton, and he, and his assist
ant, Mr.. Drinkwater, spare no pains to make
it a success. Their enthusiasm was conta-
geous, and we soon found ourselves going
over the field and admiring the result OF
their labours.
We saw deer and wild guinea-birds, but
as the game laws forbid the shooting of
deer in this month the ''antlered monarchs
of the waste were allowed to escape.
AT four o'clock that afternoon, the Confr-
NATION, which was to have been held on
Sunday, was conducted by His Lordship
the Bishop and Is candidates a males and
IL females) received the Apostolic rite. The
Bishop gave the candidates a thoughtful,
helpful and fatherly address from the words
called to be saints" In the evening there
was Evensong and Sermon, the latter was
preached by myself. [ was surprised to see
the large congregations at Goth the Confrma-
ton and Evensong. Mr.. Humphreys is to be
congratulated on his congregations.
If had been arranged that we should re-