Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America

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English Island of Barbadoes.--Bridgetown the Capital.--The Manufacture of Rum.--A Geographical Expert.--Very English.--A Pest of Ants.--Exports.--The Ice House.--A Dense Population.--Educational.--Marine Hotel.--Habits of Gambling.--Hurricanes.--Curious Antiquities.--The Barbadoes Leg.--Wakeful Dreams.--Absence of Twilight.--Departure from the Island 51