: The English in the West Indies; Or The Bow of Ulysses by Froude James Anthony - West Indies Description and travel; West Indies British Description and travel; Great Britain Colonies Administration

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Colonial policy--Union or separation--Self-government--Varieties of condition--The Pacific colonies--The West Indies--Proposals for a West Indian federation--Nature of the population--American union and British plantations--Original conquest of the West Indies 1

In the train for Southampton--Morning papers--The new 'Locksley Hall'--Past and present--The 'Moselle'--Heavy weather--The Petrel--The Azores 10

The tropics--Passengers on board--Account of the Darien canal--Planters' complaints--West Indian history--The Spanish conquest--Drake and Hawkins--The buccaneers--The pirates--French and English--Rodney--Battle of April 12--Peace with honour--Doers and talkers 20

First sight of Barbadoes--Origin of the name--P?re Labat--Bridgetown two hundred years ago--Slavery and Christianity--Economic crisis--Sugar bounties--Aspect of the streets--Government House and its occupants--Duties of a governor of Barbadoes 32

West Indian politeness--Negro morals and felicity--Island of St. Vincent--Grenada--The harbour--Disappearance of the whites--An island of black freeholders--Tobago--Dramatic art--A promising incident 41

A coolie village--Negro freeholds--Waterworks--Snakes--Slavery-- Evidence of Lord Rodney--Future of the negroes--Necessity of English rule--The Blue Basin--Black boy and crayfish 66

Home Rule in Trinidad--Political aspirations--Nature of the problem--Crown administration--Colonial governors--A Russian apologue--Dinner at Government House--'The Three Fishers'--Charles Warner--Alternative futures of the colony 75

Barbadoes again--Social condition of the island--Political constitution--Effects of the sugar bounties--Dangers of general bankruptcy--The Hall of Assembly--Sir Charles Pearson--Society in Bridgetown--A morning drive--Church of St. John's--Sir Graham Briggs--An old planter's palace--The Chief Justice of Barbadoes 88

Leeward and Windward Islands--The Caribs of Dominica--Visit of P?re Labat--St. Lucia--The Pitons--The harbour at Castries--Intended coaling station--Visit to the administrator--The old fort and barracks--Conversation with an American--Constitution of Dominica--Land at Roseau 113

Curiosities in Dominica--Nights in the tropics--English and Catholic churches--The market place at Roseau--Fishing extraordinary--A storm--Dominican boatmen--Morning walks--Effects of the Leeward Islands Confederation--An estate cultivated as it ought to be--A mountain ride--Leave the island--Reflections 132

The Darien canal--Jamaican mail packet--Captain W.--Retrospect of Jamaican history--Waterspout at sea--Hayti--Jacmel--A walk through the town--A Jamaican planter--First sight of the Blue Mountains--Port Royal--Kingston--The Colonial Secretary--Gordon riots--Changes in the Jamaican constitution 155

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