. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 136 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. August K, WEST INDIAN FISHERIES. Tarpon in Grenada. We learn from the Rev. D. Silver that tarpon, known locally as ' Grand Etaille,' exist in abundance in the lakes, rivers and seaboard of Grenada. In the dry season fish -5 feet in length are said to be i)icked up at Lake Levera (in the lagoons) in cart loads. People carry the fish away and preserve them in salt. The existence of trtr[)on in these lagoons is said to be unknown to persons other than those residing by the lake becaus
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 136 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. August K, WEST INDIAN FISHERIES. Tarpon in Grenada. We learn from the Rev. D. Silver that tarpon, known locally as ' Grand Etaille,' exist in abundance in the lakes, rivers and seaboard of Grenada. In the dry season fish -5 feet in length are said to be i)icked up at Lake Levera (in the lagoons) in cart loads. People carry the fish away and preserve them in salt. The existence of trtr[)on in these lagoons is said to be unknown to persons other than those residing by the lake because firstly, the roots of the wild mangrove trees which grow in the lake render angling almost impossible, the fish making for these when hooked; and s3condly, with the of one or two travelling English sjiortsnien, no one in the island is expert in baiting a hook or fishing with a rod. Tarpon also occur in Lake Antoine and along the coast near St. George's but are never caught because they are not fished for. GUNGA IN THE WEST INDIES. Under the heading of 'The Gunga in the West Indies,' a writer in the July number of ('//((mhcrs's Juonntl a somewhat account of the occurrence of the Gunga habit at Jamaica. WJiat are known as Bhang and (Junga are the produce of tJie common hemp plant which, in temperate countries, yields the well-known 'hemp fibre' and the ' hemp seed' used for feeding caged birds. In the tropics the plant yields llhaiig from the large leaves and Gunga from the drie(l floweiing Both are used for smoking by natives of India and possess a strong narcotic odour and taste. A third product, also usc^d for smoking, is Charras, a gum resin collected tix)m the growing plants in the field. The Ivist Indian ('oolies at British Guiana, Trinidad and Jamaica have brought with them the habit of smoking (Junga. In extreme cases it is admitted the habit leads to injury to health, to fits of intoxication, and sometimes temporary insanit
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