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“...changed hands between the two;
but after its capture by the French in 1810 it was
handed to Sweden, by whom it was, however,
relinquished in 1814. In the next year it was
again taken by the English, but restored to the
French by the peace of 1815.
Guadeloupe has several dependencies, namely,
La Désirade, 6 miles to the east, with an area of La Désirade.
10 square miles ; Marie Galante, 16 miles to the Marie
south-east; Les Saintes, a former strategic position Le^Saintes
of great importance, 7 miles to the south, and
St. Bartholomew, a description of which is given
elsewhere, 95 miles to the north-west. Marie
Galante was discovered by Columbus in 1493,
and named by him after his ship. It was first
settled by the French in 1647. The western
coast is low, but the island rises gradually towards
the north. Its population is about 14,000, and
the soil is productive and yields the usual West
Indian products abundantly.
The administration of Guadeloupe and its de- Constitu-
pendencies is vested in...”
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“...Toussaint, 275-276
Lowman’s Village, 179
Lucea, 113, 114
Luggage, 27
Lyttelton, Governor William
Henry, 123
Mabouya River, 189
McConnell, Mr. F. V., 99
Macusis, the, 41
Mafolie, 265, 266
Mahaut, 240
Mahogany, 253
Maintenon, Madame de, 252
Malaria, 6, 218, 232
Mallali, 87
Malvern, 109, 128
Mandeville, 109, 128
Mangrove Lagoon, 266
Manioc, 250
Manjak mines, 150
Manjak (glance) pitch, 59
Man-o’-War Bay, 153
Mara, 88, 89
Maracas Fall, the, 145, 146
Maraval reservoirs, 144
Marble Hill, 215
Marie Galante, 251
Marigot, 240, 245, 271
Marine Square, 141
Mark masonry, 48
Marlborough, Earl of, 60, 61
Maroons, 106
Martha Brae River, 101
Martinique, 3, 5, 182, 234, 238,
241, 252-260
Martinique, books on, 56
Martin’s Bay Halt, 65
Maurice, Lieut. J. W., 201
May Pen, 111
Meals, 10
" Mean Whites,” 46
Metcalfe, Sir Charles, 127
Minerals, 274
Molascuit, 79, 81
311
Molasses, 58, 59, 79, 81,132, 174,
287-290
Mole, St. Nicolas, 274
Moloney, Sir Alfred, 144
Monckton, General, 176, 193
Moneague, 108, 128
Money...”
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