AND

EXPERIENCES

OF THE

WEST INDIES AND NORTH AMERICA

IN 1849.

BY

ROBERT BAIRD, A. M.

"Coelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt."

PHILADELPHIA:

LEA & BLANCHARD,

ANTIGUA, MONTSERRAT, BARBUDA, SAINT CHRISTOPHER, NEVIS,

ANGUILLA, DOMINICA, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS,

This Work,

THE RESULT OF NOTES COMMENCED WHEN ENJOYING HIS SOCIETY

AND HOSPITALITY IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE, ANTIGUA,

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY HIS OBLIGED FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.