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Encyclopedia Britannica



GRENADINES

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 579 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GRA-GUI
GRENADINES , a chain of islets in the Windward Islands, West Indies. They stretch for 6o m. between St Vincent and
Grenada
 , following a N.E. to S.W. direction, and consist of some 600 islets and rocks. Some are a few square miles in extent, others are merely rocky cones projecting from the deep. For purposes of administration they are divided between St Vincent and
Grenada
 . Bequia, the
chief
 
island
  in the St Vincent group, is
long
  and narrow, with an area 6 sq. m. Owing to a lack of water it is only slightly cultivated, but game is plentiful. Admiralty Bay, on the W. side, is a safe and commodious harbour. Carriacou, belonging to Grenada, is the largest of the group, being 7 M.
long
 , 2 M. wide and 13 sq. m. in extent. A
ridge
  of hills, rising to an altitude of 700 ft., traverses the centre from N.E. to S.W.; here admirable building stone is found. There are two good harbours on the west
coast
 , Hillsborough Bay on which stands Hillsborough, the
chief
  town, and Tyrell Bay, farther
south
 . The
island
  is thickly populated, the negro peasantry occupying small lots and working on the metayer system. Excellent oysters are found along the
coast
 , and
cotton
  and cattle are the chief exports. Pop. of the. group, mostly on Carriacou (19o1) 6497.


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