BARBA`DOES

BARBA`DOES
   (182), one of the Windward Islands, rather larger than the Isle of Wight; almost encircled by coral reefs; is the most densely peopled of the Windward Islands; subject to hurricanes; healthy and well cultivated; it yields sugar, arrowroot, ginger, and aloes.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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