We were a day and night in passing the long island of Guadaloupe.

Another day and night were spent in beating through the channel between Gaudaloupe and Dominica: another day in passing the latter island, and then we stood or Martinique.

This is the queen island of the French West Indies.

It is fertile and healthful, and though not so large as Guadaloupe, produces a larger revenue.

It has large streams of water, and many of the sugar mills are worked by them.