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“...CHAPTER XI
ANTIGUA
Where Nelson refitted in 1805
General Antigua, which is situated about 40 miles east
Aflpe0t of Nevis, about the same distance north of Gua-
deloupe, and 27 miles north-east of Montserrat,
has an area of 108 square miles and a population
°f 34>i78. The island, which is of an oval shape,
has three distinct characteristics. In the south
and south-west it is volcanic and mountainous.
In the north and north-east it is of coral forma-
tion, and the soil is composed of calcareous marls
and coarse sandstone, while the central part is
flat and of clayey formation. Unfortunately for
the planters, it has no rivers, though Bendal’s
Stream supplies a sufficiency of water for the
sugar factory of the same name. The shores are
lined with coral reefs, but the island has many
natural harbours, notably St. John’s Harbour on
the north-west, fully 2 miles long by three quarters
of a mile broad, the historic English Harbour,
formerly the port of call of the mail steamers at
the south with...”
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