ANGUILLA, or SNAKE  , a small island in the British Indies, part of the presidency of St Kitts-Nevis, in the colony of the Leeward Islands . Pop . (1901) 3890, mostly negroes . It is situated in 18° 12' N. and 63° 5' W., about 6o m . N.W. of St Kitts, is 16 m. long and has an area of 35 sq. m . The destruction of trees by charcoal-burners has resulted in the almost complete deforestation of the island . Nearly-all the land is in the hands of peasant proprietors, who cultivate sweet potatoes, peas, beans, corn, &c., and rear sheep and goats . Cattle, phosphate of lime and salt, manufactured from a lake in the interior, are the principal exports, the market for these being the neighbouring island of St Thomas .