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“...peculiarity about Montserrat is that its inhabi-
tants speak with a distinct Irish brogue, which is
traceable to the fact that in the seventeenth century the
island was almost entirely peopled by Irish.
INDUSTRIES. The cultivation of Sea Island cotton is the
staple industry, and many acres are devoted to this crop The
cultivation of limes, originally begun by Mr. Burke in 1852, has
since been carried on by the well-known Birmingham family of
St-f'. Papain, the dried juice of the papaw (carica papaya),
which is well known for its remarkable digestive qualities is
also exported to some extent.
CLIMATE. The climate of Montserrat is comparatively
coo1 and very healthy, there being no indigenous malaria in
the island owing, probably, to the fact that it is so well drained,
though the southern part is rather dry as the result of deforesta-
tion, the north has an abundance of water. The mean annual
ls 78° Pahr., the rainfall from 40 to 80 inches.
nlolORi. Montserrat was discovered by Columbus in...”
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