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Title: The English in the West Indies
or, The Bow of Ulysses

Author: James Anthony Froude

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Language: English

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[Illustration: MOUNTAIN CRATER, DOMINICA.]

THE ENGLISH

IN

THE WEST INDIES

OR

THE BOW OF ULYSSES

BY

JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS ENGRAVED ON WOOD BY G. PEARSON
AFTER DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR

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NEW EDITION

LONDON

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

1888

_All rights reserved_

Fuersten praegen so oft auf kaum versilbertes Kupfer
Ihr bedeutendes Bild: lange betruegt sich das Volk
Schwaermer praegen den Stempel des Geist's auf Luegen und Unsinn:
Wem der Probirstein fehlt, haelt sie fuer redliches Gold.

GOETHE.

PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.

My purpose in writing this book is so fully explained in the book itself
that a Preface is unnecessary. I visited the West India Islands in order
to increase my acquaintance with the condition of the British Colonies.
I have related what I saw and what I heard, with the general impressions
which I was led to form.

In a few instances, when opinions were conveyed to me which were
important in themselves, but which it might be undesirable to assign to
the persons from whom I heard them, I have altered initials and
disguised localities and circumstances.

The illustrations are from sketches of my own, which, except so far as
they are tolerably like the scenes which they represent, are without
value. They have been made producible by the skill and care of the
engraver, Mr. Pearson, to whom my warmest thanks are due.

J.A.F.

ONSLOW GARDENS: _November 15, 1887_.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

PAGE

Colonial policy--Union or separation--Self-government--Varieties of
co