EUROPEAN  POSSESSIONS  205

$2,000,000  annually.  Guadeloupe  exports
about  $3,000,000  yearly,  mostly  cocoa,  bay
leaves,  and  vanilla  beans.
The  natives  all  speak  French,  and  are
mostly  negroes  and  half-breeds,  with  the  usual
admixture  of  French  officials  and  soldiers.
Guadeloupe  has  about  1200  square  miles  and
a  population  of  160,000,  while  Martinique
possesses  an  area  of  380  square  miles  with
about  200,000  inhabitants.
The  smaller  islands  of  Marie  Galante,  St.
Barts  and  half  of  St.  Martins  also  belong  to
France  and  get  their  supplies  from  either
Martinique  or  Guadeloupe.
The  Quebec  Steamship  Company  maintains
a  direct  service  between  New  York  and  these
islands,  connections  for  the  smaller  ports
being  made  by  coasting  vessels.  France  also
has  a  line  of  ships  from  Europe  direct.
The  British  West  Indies  are  made  up  of  the
following  islands:
Trinidad  and  Tobago,  Jamaica  and  Turks
Island,  with  Caicos  Islands  and  Caymans;
Barbados;  the  Leeward  Islands,  consisting  of