dressed birds, and innumerable brilliant butterflies harmonized in the beauty of their coloring with the superb flowers upon which they fed.

From “Cruising Among the Caribbees,” by Charles Augustus Stoddard.

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ST. THOMAS HARBOR, VIRGIN ISLANDS—VIEW FROM THE FORT, BEFORE THE DANISH FLAG CAME DOWN