TOBAGO  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies, 20 M . N.E. of See also:

• TRINIDAD

Trinidad, in II° 15' N. and 60° 4o' W . Pop . 18,751 . It is 26 m. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and 71 M. broad, and has an See also:

• AREA

area of 114 sq. m. or 73,313 acres, of which about io,000 are under cultivation . It consists of a single See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass (volcanic in origin), 18 m. in length, and rising in the centre to a height of 'Soo ft . A See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part of the island is clothed with dense See also:

• FOREST

forest, in which many valuable hardwood trees are found . The higher lands See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form part of what is known as the " See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

Rain Preserve," where, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to attract and preserve the rainfall, the trees are never allowed to be felled . The See also:

• AVERAGE

average temperature is 81° F. and the yearly rainfall is 66 in . The See also:

• RAINY, ROBERT (1826-1906)

rainy See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season lasts from See also:

• JUNE

June to See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December, with a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• INTERVAL

interval in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September . The valleys are particularly adapted to See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse- and See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep-farming, which are growing See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries . The See also:

• SOIL

soil is fertile and produces See also:

• RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, See also:

• COCOA

cocoa, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco and nutmegs, all of which are exported; See also:

• PIMENTO

pimento (allspice) grows See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild in the greatest profusion .

The See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools are conducted by various denominations, assisted by See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government grants . The island is divided into seven parishes . See also:

• SCARBOROUGH

Scarborough (pop . 769), the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, is on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, 8 m. from its south-western point . It stands at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill 425 ft. high, on which is situated Fort See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George, now without a See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison . There is a lighthouse at Baedlet Point . Tobago, properly Tobaco, was discovered in 1498 by See also:

• COLUMBUS
• COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [in Spanish CRISTOBAL COLON] (c. 1446, or perhaps rather 1451, -15o6)

Columbus, who named it See also:

• ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF

Assumption, and the British See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag was first planted in I580 . It afterwards passed into the hands of the Dutch and then of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, and was finally ceded to the British in 1814 . Until 1889 it formed part of the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of the Windward Islands, but in that See also:

• YEAR

year it was joined to Trinidad, its legal and fiscal arrangements, however, being kept distinct . Ten years later it became one of the wards of Trinidad, under a See also:

• WARDEN

warden and See also:

• MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

magistrate; its See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue, See also:

• EXPENDITURE

expenditure and See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt were merged into those of the See also:

• UNITED

united colony, and Trinidadian See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, with very few exceptions, was made binding in Tobago .