eruption of the Grande Soufrière. Many similar records of old eruptions are to be found along the coast as well as in the interior of the island. Al- though there are many solid— beds of solid lava exposed, and domes of lava appear in the moun- tains — as in the cone of the Grande Soufrière — it seems probable that the major portion of the land mass is composed of fragmental ejecta. If the Grande Soufrière can be taken as a fair sample of the volcanoes of the island, andesite (what kind?) predominates among the lavas and explosive eruptions have been the more common type of outburst from the vents.