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Show St. Vincent Todny. It in not yet two years since Moutlt Pelec- blew off Its head and La Soufrlere ln St. Vincent followed cult. Yet it 1h almost forgotten. A corre-epondent corre-epondent of the London Times writes that nature has already made grent progress toward hiding the scars loft by the fearful eruptions. There Is yet a wide area covered with unasalmllaled glasyy aylu painful to the eye and burning burn-ing to the feel, but wherever the ash has mixed with the soil it has had a fertilizing effect, and such spots are covered with a most luxuriant growth of grass. Ono of the most noticeable results of the eruption Is the comparative compara-tive ubsonce of Insect life No lizards are seen, the fireflies arc scarce, and butterflies still scarcer, while the beautiful beau-tiful humming birds have almost en-' tlrcly disappeared. La Soufrlere pjems to have quieted down for another loug rest The lake In the borom of the crater la filling, which ls regarded as a very good sign. The last time the volcano muttered was in March, a year ago. Its Pldc-a are still black and scarred, but In the crevices of the rocks up to a height of 1000 feet the writer saw growing silver fern, guinea grass, iwcct potatoes und cassava, all self-grown. self-grown. Given five years of undisturbed natural processes, he ' eees no reason why the north side of St. Vincent should not be as cultivable, fertile and habitable as It waa for the half century cen-tury preceding the eruptions of ftlay, J002. Such la the bountifulnef. of nature na-ture in the tropics. New York Globe, 1 |