CHAPTER XVIII.

Description of the town of St. John's, the capital of Antigua-- Situation--Arrangement of the streets--Hucksters--Houses-- Springs--Small shops--Stores of the retail dealers--Grog-shops --Merchants' stores and lumber yards--Definition of lumber-- Auction sales--Scotch Row and Scotchmen--Incongruous display of goods--Fire in 1797--Ruins--Fire in 1841--Its devastations