Excerpt from Leaflets From the Danish West Indies: Descriptive of the Social, Political, and Commercial Condition of These Islands St. Thomas is not only extremely picturesque, but is one of the best ports of refuge in the West Indies. Its population is about and' is composed Of foreigners and natives. Many Of the latter, who form the majority, are very well educated, and occupy important positions in its commerce and local administration. It is among the intelligent foreign and Creole residents Of this cosmo politan island, and upon its principal street, that the popular physician, who is the subject of this sketch, has taken up his abode. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.