Excerpt from The British West Indies: Their History, Resources and Progress In concluding this Preface I must express my indebted ness to Miss Sherlock and Captain G. A. 0. Lane for the loan of several photographs, and to Mr. N. Darnell Davis, and those gentlemen mentioned in the text who have kindly assisted me in the compilation of this book by furnishing me with much useful information. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.