. A complete geography. FiG. 231. A field of sugar-cane iu the West Indies (St. Croix).. Fig. i^ tropical scene in the West Indies (St. Croix). groes of Africa ; butothers, especiallynear the seacoast, areengaged in raisingsugar, tobacco, coffee,and bananas. Lesser Antilles.—Most of the islandsamong the LesserAntilles are posses-sions of Great Britain,though some belongto other nations. Forinstance, Martiniqueand Guadeloupe be-long to France ; and St. Croixto Denmark; and 220 NOBTH AMERICA others to Holland, Many of these small islands are volcanic cones,built upon the crest of
. A complete geography. FiG. 231. A field of sugar-cane iu the West Indies (St. Croix).. Fig. i^ tropical scene in the West Indies (St. Croix). groes of Africa ; butothers, especiallynear the seacoast, areengaged in raisingsugar, tobacco, coffee,and bananas. Lesser Antilles.—Most of the islandsamong the LesserAntilles are posses-sions of Great Britain,though some belongto other nations. Forinstance, Martiniqueand Guadeloupe be-long to France ; and St. Croixto Denmark; and 220 NOBTH AMERICA others to Holland, Many of these small islands are volcanic cones,built upon the crest of a mountain ridge which is mainly beneath thesea (Fig. 1). Most of the volcanoes now appear to be extinct, thoughin 1797 and 1843, in Guadeloupe, and in 1812, in St. Vincent, therewere volcanic outbursts. Hot water and steam still rise from thecraters in other islands, showing that the volcanic fires have notaltogether died out. The products of these islands are similar to those of the otherWest Indies, the most important of all being sugar-cane. The Bahamas. — North of Haiti and
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