A Trip To The Windward Islands PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ... location where the battles between the French and English took place, and in which, after several famous naval .encounters, the British were finally defeated. The French were for several battles victorious, and had taken possession of nearly all the Windward Isles, save St. Lucia, until Admiral Rodney defeated La Grasse, and thus put an end to French supremacy in the West Indies. Here is the birthplace of the Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon, the great Emperor of France. At Fort de France, a marble statue is erected to her memory. DOMINICA. Dominica was next reached. This is also an English possession. It is a small island, beautiful in natural scenery, having an area of 275 square miles. Its hills and mountains are undulating, some rising to a height of 5,000 feet from the level of the sea. These are all covered with trees, which make a picturesque sight, a mile or more distant from land. There are really no streets in Dominica. One pathway girts the water's edge, which is protected from overflow by a pier or stone abuttment. Great crowds of colored people are to be seen in this locality. There seems to be little business. Every one seems to be looking for something to "turn up;" yet the people are intelligent, and seem willing to work. Dominica is the home of two men, who as representatives of the island, show it to be possessed of a class of people, both white and black, of great learning. I have already referred to the fact that Hon. F. P. Latouche. of St. Kitts, is a Dominican by birth. I also met in coming from Guadaloupe, A. M. H. Beard, Esq., a lawyer who was acting as circuit judge, in the absence of the incumbent. He accompanied me to Dominica. I found him a courteous gentleman, and well versed lawyer. His family was of that...