$200,000 and was sold for $200. We visited the old fig-tree church, where Lord Nelson was married. William, Duke of Clarence, afterward King William IV, was best man.

St. Kitts, Nevis, and St. Croix are of great interest to Americans on account of the early life there of Alexander Hamilton.

We sailed back to St. Kitts, as I had made engagements at Culebra to lunch this day with Captain Emory, on the Indiana, and to entertain at dinner Admiral Higginson and captains of some of the battle-ships.

We reached the anchorage just before the arrival of the battle-ship squadron, whose approach was very impressive.

The Admiral sent his band of more than a dozen pieces to play on the Sea Fox.

February 3d, we sailed from St. Kitts, saw Antigua in the distance, and passed near to Rodonda, Montserrat, and Guadeloupe. Some Americans pronounce Antigua as if it were a word of four syllables:

"There was a young bride in An-tig-u-a,

Who said to her spouse, 'What a pig you are!'
He replied, 'O my Queen,

Is it manners you mean,

Or do you refer to my fig-u-a?'”

The next day we skirted Dominica and Martinique. When opposite Mt. Pelée we tacked close inshore and sailed along the front of the dead city of St. Pierre. We anchored that evening at Fort-de-France.

The views of Mt. Pelée and St. Pierre, and the great changes since the year before, were most impressive. But I will speak of this later, for, on our return from Trinidad, we obtained a permit at Fort-de-France, and landed at St. Pierre.

There is a fine statue of Empress Josephine, erected in the principal square of Fort-de-France, in memory of her birthplace near here.

This is a portrait of the ex-king of Dahomey and two wives, the only royalties now living here. He is a prisoner, but has a good house and other comforts.

February 5th, we sailed past St. Lucia. At sundown, when near to the Soufrière St. Vincent, we saw lightnings about the mountain and a black cloud on top, and we learned later that there was a slight eruption that night.

We arrived at Kingstown, St. Vincent, about noon, February 6th, and, after a drive, sailed again, and passing close to some of the Grenadines, reached St. George, Grenada, at 7.30 P.M.

The next day we lunched at the Government House, and Lady Llewellyn took us for an interesting drive overlooking the Vale of Tempe and the sea, and among the cocoa plantations.

The following day we had a launch excursion and dined at Government House, and early the next morning sailed for Trinidad.

The fine auxiliary yacht Mohican steamed out before us, but when the trade-wind commenced to blow we soon passed her, and reached Port of Spain, Trinidad, long before her. I mention this as a proof that steam is not needed on yachts in the eastern part of the Caribbean Sea.

We anchored at 5.30 P.M., when an officer from the British flag-ship called on behalf of Vice-Admiral Sir Archibald L. Douglas.

That evening we dined at Government House, with Sir Alfred and Lady Maloney, who invited us to go the next day on an excursion with the British Admiral. We were unable to accept this, but visited the flag-ship Ariadne, and Captain Browning of the Ariadne called on the Sea Fox.

One of my guests, Mr. James William Beekman, had, to our great regret, to leave us to return to New York. We went to the steamer to see him off, and then took a very interesting trip in the launch through the canal and among