by the Rev. J. E. Levo, S.P.G.

Between the Atlantic and the Caribbean, two of the most romantic seas in literature, lie the Virgin Islands, about which Mr. Levo will talk this afternoon. Set right in the centre of the seas the buccaneers sailed, they abound in names smacking of piratical days - Beef Island, Salt Island, Hell Gate, and, almost incredibly, across Drake's Channel lies the island called Dead Man's Chest.

The buccaneers have left their mark on the people as well as on the map; the inhabitants of the islands are seamen of the most daring, achieving feats of incredible courage amongst their squally seas; and one can meet law-abiding citizens with names that take one back to the wildest days of the Spanish Main.

In contrast to all this, the islands today present a purely idyllic picture of untroubled peace. Mr. Levo will describe the charm of living in a place where the doors of the solitary gaol stand open all day; where there are no politics, no crime and no news. And he will pay a tribute to the inhabitants, a pleasant, kindly people, with their queer mixture of "slave and Quaker and pirate blood."