Pitch-Lake Palm

West India Scenery, with illustrations of negro ch Author: Bridgens, Richard / Illustrator: Bridgens, Richard R. Jennings & Co.: London, [1836?] Language: English Source/Shelfmark: 789.g.13, plate 24 A tree named the Pitch-lake Palm as it 'is found indigenous in no other part of the island'. To the left is an indian hut made of bamboos. The roof is covered with dried palm leaves. Image taken from West India Scenery, with illustrations of negro character, the process of making sugar, &c, from sketches taken during a voyage to, and residence of seven years in, the island of Trinidad. [Plates, with accompanying text.].