We gave each land company a turn at me, and we had to admire orange groves and pineapples, grapefruit and coffee until we cried for help.

With all this was the most romantic history of the island before the "gringos" came.

It was a famous place for pirates and buried treasures and slave pens.

It was a sort of clearing house for slaves where they were fattened.

I do not believe people take much interest in or know anything about it, but I am going to try and make an interesting story of it for Collier.