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“...industry languished owing to the appearance of the
dreaded Panama disease. Indications are not wanting
that the valley is suitable for the raising of citrus and
other tropical fruits. Now grape-fruit is being suc-
cessfully cultivated in the neighbourhood.
On the Rio Grande in the Stann Creek District some
ancient pyramids faced with cut stone, filled with stone
and brick and standing on a stone-faced platform, are
preserved as historic monuments. They have been
identified as relics of the ancient Maya civilisation and
are now the subject of investigation by experts of the
British Museum. In the Cayo District, near Benque
Viejo, there are also some interesting ruins. Here there
is a three-storied temple, the ground floor of which is
still in a good state of preservation. Near it is a fine
sculptured stele. An account of these ancient remains
is given in the British Colonial Report—Miscellaneous
[Cd 6428]—published in 1912....”
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“...battle off, 249
Marquis, Grenada, 167
Marr, Sir Henry, 71
Marriaqua, 198
Marryat, Captain, 33, 160
Marti, José, 346, 353
Martinique, 312-20
— Accommodation in, 313
— Area, situation and popu-
lation, 312
— Climate, 312
— Communications, 313
— Constitution, 313
— History, 313
— Industries, 312
Mason Hall, 151
Matanzas, 358-9
Matelot, 144, 145
Matope, 378, 388
Matthew, Governor, 210
Matura, 138
Maurice, Lieut. J. W., 183
Mavis Bank, 279
Mayaguana, 63
Mayagüez, 332, 334, 335, 338 j
Mayaró, 138, 145
Maya ruins, 399 11
" May Dust," 74, 196
May Pen, 259, 260, 289
Mayreau, 184
Mazan, Don José, 136
Mazaruni River, 372, 373, 374, ,
. 377. 388 I
Meadows, General, 176, 177 II
Megatherium in Guadeloupe, 3 1
Melville, Governor R., 160
Mermaid’s Pool, 71
Merrifield, Ralph, 217
Merrimac, battleship, 361
Merrimac Co., 446
Merwar’s Hope, 217
Messervy, Mr. C., 175
Metcalfe, Sir Charles, 264, 278,1 '
288
Mico College, 263, 273
Mico, Lady, 273
Micoud, 182
Middle Island, St. Kitts, 226 I i
Middlesex, British Honduras...”
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