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“...12 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
Trinidad, there being no fewer than four Craft Lodges,
under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Scotland,
four Royal Arch Chapters, one Rose Croix Chapter,
one Consistory, and one Preceptory of Knights Templar,
with a Priory of the Knights of Malta. English Masonry
was dormant in St. Lucia until 1899, when a lodge under
the Grand Lodge of England was formed. Grenada has
the Lodge St. George, No. 3072 on the register of the
Grand Lodge of England. Jamaica possesses, under
the English constitution, a District Grand Lodge, with
eleven Craft Lodges under its jurisdiction. There is
also one Craft Lodge in direct communication with the
Grand Lodge of England.
English Royal Arch Masonry is also represented by
a District Grand Chapter and four Chapters attached to
Craft Lodges. One Preceptory of Knights Templar and
two Rose Croix Chapters also represent the higher
degrees of English Masonry. A Provincial Grand Mark
Masons’ Lodge...”
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“... working cattle, oxen and mules,
and manure. St. Croix produces all kinds of tropical fruits in
abundance, and Bermuda onions.
CLIMATE. The climate of St. Croix is very similar to
though rather hotter than, that of St. Thomas ; but it is well
suited for Europeans. During the greater part of the year the
fresh trade-wind blows from the north-east. The wet season
extends from August to December.
HISTORY. The history of St. Croix has been varied and
eventful. The island was discovered by Columbus on his second
voyage, and in 1643 it was inhabited by two distinct parties
of English and Dutch. They quarrelled, however, and the
Dutch were expelled. In 1650 the Knglish were defeated by
Spaniards, who in their turn yielded to one hundred and sixty
Frenchmen from St. Kitts. France entrusted the island to
the Knights of Malta in 1651, and in 1733 it was purchased by
King Christian VI of Denmark. In 1801 it was taken by the
En -lish, but restored to the Danes after a few months...”
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“...484 INDEX
Kingstown, St. Vincent, 182,
184-90
Kinscolt, 364
Kirwan, Patrick, his “ bulls,"
203
Kitchener, Sir F. W., 56
Kitty, 373, 378
Knights of Malta, 321
Knowles, Admiral, 286
Koriabo, 384
Krum Bay, 320
Kuribrong River, 369
Kyk-over-al, 371, 382, 383
Labat, Père, 77, 159, 238, 440
Labba, 21
1’Abime, 241
Laborie, 178
La Brea (“ Tierra de Brea ”),
112, 140, 443
Lacovia, 253
Lady Chancellor’s Road, 124
Lago Co., the, 335
La Ferrière, 364, 365
La Grange, General, 237, 241
La prange sugar factory, 321
La Guaira, 398, 408
Laguna Grande, 408
Laidlaw, Hon. James, 239.
La India Park, 347
Laing, Malcolm, 264
Lake, Captain, the Hon. War-
wick, 248
Lake, Governor Jacob, 230
Lamaha Canal, 375
Lamentin, Guadeloupe, 304
Lamentin, Martinique, 30S
Lampsius, Cornelius, 145
Lancashire, Dominica, 243
Land crabs, 20
Langley, Major John, 239
Language, n
La Pointe Michel, 244
Las Casas, Governor, 339
Las Cuevas Bay, hi, 142
Las Villas, 339
Laudat, 242...”
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