. Life and adventure in the West Indies; a sequel to Adventures in search of a living in Spanish-America . Roman Catholic Cathedral at the Corner of La Mrs. Griffiths Cottage at Ti Rocher. IN ST. LUCIA 129 you on a country road, while the tendency of the Jamaican and theBarbadian in the opposite direction has already been noticed. There is, however, another important contrast between St. Luciaand Barbados, irrespective of national customs. The former has thecharacteristics of a new country while the latter has those of an old one,a rather remarkable difference between two islands withi
. Life and adventure in the West Indies; a sequel to Adventures in search of a living in Spanish-America . Roman Catholic Cathedral at the Corner of La Mrs. Griffiths Cottage at Ti Rocher. IN ST. LUCIA 129 you on a country road, while the tendency of the Jamaican and theBarbadian in the opposite direction has already been noticed. There is, however, another important contrast between St. Luciaand Barbados, irrespective of national customs. The former has thecharacteristics of a new country while the latter has those of an old one,a rather remarkable difference between two islands within a few hourssteam of each other. Thus St. Lucia, with a larger area than Barbados,has only about fifty thousand inhabitants, little more than a quarter ofthe population of the latter Island. In Barbados, although priceshave fallen considerably since the decline of the sugar industry, land isstill extremely hard to obtain. Indeed, as practically the whole of theavailable ground is under cultivation, it would be impossible to buyany considerable extent of country land which did not belong to analready existing plantation, while in St. Lucia there is a la
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