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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
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I saw of the town and its people thestronger the impression grew. As a race itmust have degenerated during the past cen-tury and a haK. Creoles there are still andsome not devoid of physical charm, yet it isessentially a negro population with the Af-rican rapidly gaining the ascendency. It isestimated that fully sixty per cent, of thebirths are illegitimate.It was mid-day as we wandered through(59) The American Tropics the narrow streets, past the attractive li-brary building, to the post-office, which wasclosed for its noonday siesta, so we were di-rected to a green-grocers opposite to buypostage stamps. The Cathedral was openbut empty, and the only feature of note wasits hurricane-proof spire made of open ironwork. The market was alive with people,women with huge baskets on their heads,gossiping, and men bartering or seeking theshade. Donkeys laden and children playingin the street completed a picturesque gather-ing which, in the eternal sunshine, appearedtruly Quest Indienne. (60)
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STREET AND CATHEDRAL, FORT DE FRANCE. CHAPTER III ONE hundred and forty miles as thepelican flies or as the trade-wind blowsand yon come to the most thickly pop-ulated island in the world, Barbadoes, whichstands out in the Atlantic farthest to the east-ward like a bulwark protecting this great is-land chain. Leaving Martinique at nightfallwe took a southeasterly course and at day-break the following morning entered CarlisleBay and dropped anchor less than a milefrom Bridgetown. The island is less moun-tainous than those we had previously seen,having only a very few low mountains, morehills, and for the most part an undulatingsurface. It comprises an area of one hundredand sixty-six miles, most of which is undercultivation, and has a population of 200,000,or about 1,200 to the square mile. Bridge- (61) The American Tropics town, the capital and chief emporium, hasabout 35,000 people. Barbadoes belongs toGreat Britain and, were it not for the Africancomplexion of the inhabitants, would

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