They grow garden crops; among which, I understand, are several products of the temperate zone, the air being, at that height pleasantly cool.

They sell their produce about the islands.

They build boats up in the crater--the best boats in all the West Indies--and lower them down the cliff to the sea.

They hire themselves out too, not having lost their forefathers' sea-going instincts, as sailors about all those seas, and are, like their boats, the best in those parts.

They all speak English; and though they are nominally Lutherans, are glad of the services of the excellent Bishop of Antigua, who pays them periodical visits.