In passing from Montserrat to St. Christopher's, as from Antigua to Montserrat, we have an example of difference and contrast, not indeed as in the latter, in the island itself physically considered, nor in the inhabitants, (except perhaps in the absence of the Irish element, in regard to races,) but in condition, which if not prosperous is at least not distressed, tending further to show how much “conduct is fate”.

St. Christopher's, deriving its’ name from the great Admiral, and by himself, its discoverer, so christened, is somewhat singular in its form, not unlike a guitar. It is equally remarkable for rugged boldness, and soft beauty, for wildness and cultivation; the former in the chain of hills gradually rising into mountain, which traverse it from south to north, reaching where highest, as at Mount Misery to an elevation of 3711 feet above the level of the sea; the latter in the flanking and lower hills and slopes gradually descending almost without interruption even to the water's edge. Its mountainous and hilly portions are commonly wooded; enhancing its beauty, its declivities are either cultivated or in pasture.