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Title: The American tropics;
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Corlett, William Thomas, 1854- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Cleveland, The Burrows brothers co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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miles across at its widest part. It (45) The American Tropics lies forty miles south-east of St. Thomas.Other islands were passed to our port, or left,notably St. Kitts (British), but so far awaythat we were able to discern only the gen-eral outlines of smoky mountains. In someparts it is said to be very fertile. It containsabout sixty-eight square miles and has abotit30,000 inhabitants. It was discovered by Co-lumbus, who named it after his patron saint,St. Christopher. At about eleven oclock in the even-ing the two upper stars of the Southern Crosswere visible, and at midnight the whole con-stellation stood out plainly above the waterline. I gazed long and thoughtfully, recall-ing the time I had first seen the Cross at Oriz-aba in southern Mexico. The North Star andthe Dipper could be seen in the opposite di-rection about four degrees from the horizon.We were within seventeen degrees of theequator. The following morning at dawn we foundourselves opposite Dominica (British). Mt.(461
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THE ASTRONOMY CLASS. A Midwinter Cruise Diablotin (Little Devil) was fast asleep, hishead buried in a pillow of clouds or noxioussulphur fumes. A good view could be ob-tained of the islands clear-cut, rugged out-line, and later the sun lit up the verdantslopes and revealed its shaded ravines anddark chasms. It is twenty miles long bysixteen at its widest part, an J contains abouttwo hundred and ninety-one square miles.Besides the distinction of having the high-est mountain (5,314 ft.) in the whole chainof the Lesser Antilles, it also has theproud distinction of being the home—the last home—of the once powerful raceof Carib Indians, who disputed inch by inchthe followers of Columbus in their march ofextermination. They inhabited the islandsof the Caribbean Sea as well as the northern«coast of the South American continent,which was later called the Spanish Main(land). It may be further said that these natives didnot appreciate in the highest sense the mis-(47) The American Tropics

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