St. Vincent. Leaving the hospitable shores of Martinique with regret at ten o' clock in the morning of Friday, 26 March, I boarded my old friend the Quebec SS Co's liner "Guiana" and about half after one the ship was under weigh for St. Lucia. The day was beautiful and the three and one-half hour run across the channel between the islands was very enjoyable, giving delightful relief from the hot days spent in ruined St. Pierre, on the arid west south- western slopes of Mont Pelé and amid the sugar plantations and torrid hills of Laurentine, Van. Marinique clin and Ducos in southeastern