Carriacou. 21 May 1891 as no rain has fallen for a long time there is a drought in the land. In riding along this road one could get a very good idea of the indigenous vegetation. Except in the case of silk-cotton trees, and the tamarind and other trees introduced into the W. I. they are none with fruit at a glance. A demon told me that white cedar and other native woods are cut by the people as soon as they attain a size sufficient to be worked up owing to the scarcity of timber. In my ride about the island I noticed the following trees which will give an idea of the vegetation: Wild tamarind ( Pithe- celobium filicifolium ). Loure, ( Hymenaea Courbaril ). White cedar, Jeona leucocylon ). Physic nut ( Jatropha Curcas ). Acacia Farnesiana. A. arabica. Almond ( Terminalia catappa ). Mandrake ( Cordia pulcata ). ' Crab wood' a leguminous. There were also after Coconut and Palms ( Areca catecha ) trees here and there. And by the sea side one found the Liceae ( Chrysobalanus Ixora) and the sea figs figs ( Cocco- loba, unifica). The whole place was so burnt up that weeds and flowering herbaceous plants were conspicuous by their absence and one could really only judge of the vegetation by the trees shrubs. Furcraea cubensis (the 'doggy bush' a 'silk grass') and an Agave , which I take to be close to A. rigida were very