In respect to general intelligence, scientific acquirements, and agricultural knowledge, no man in Antigua stands higher than Dr.
Nugent.

He has long been speaker of the house of assembly, and is favorably known in Europe as a geologist and man of science.

He is manager of the estate on which he resides, and proprietor of another.
The Doctor informed us that the crop on his estate had almost totally failed, on account of the drought--being reduced from one hundred and fifty hogsheads, the average crop, to _fifteen_! His provision grounds had yielded almost nothing.

The same soil which ordinarily produced ten cart-loads of yams to the acre--the present season barely averaged _one load to ten acres_! Yams were reduced from the dimensions of a man's head, to the size of a radish.

The _cattle were dying_ from want of water and grass.