ANGUILLA or Snake Island, British West Indies, part of the presidency of St. Kitts-Nevis, in the colony of the Leeward Islands, 18° 12' N. and 63° 5' W., about 6om. N.W. of St. Kitts, 16m. long, area 35sq.m., population estimated 4,398, mostly negroes. Charcoal-burners have almost completely denuded the island, which having but little rain is very subject to drought. Nearly all the land is in the hands of peasant proprietors, who cultivate cotton, sweet potatoes, peas, beans, corn, etc., and rear sheep and goats. Cotton, cattle, phosphate of lime and salt are the principal exports.