GRENADINES, a chain of islets (about 600) in the Wind ward Islands, West Indies. They stretch for 6o m. from N.E. to S.W. between St. Vincent and Grenada. Some are a few square miles in extent, others are merely rocky hummocks. For purposes of administration they are divided between St. Vincent and Gre nada. Bequia, the chief island in the St. Vincent group, is long and narrow : Area 6 sq.m. Owing to lack of water it is only slightly cultivated, but game is plentiful. Admiralty bay, on the west side, is a safe and commodious harbour. Carriacou, attached to Grenada, is the largest of the group, 7 m. long, 2 m. wide and 13 sq.m. in extent. A ridge of hills, rising to an altitude of 700 ft., runs from N.E. to S.W. There are two good harbours on the west coast, Hillsborough bay on which stands Hillsborough, the chief town, and Tyrell bay, farther south. The island is thickly populated, the negro peasantry occupying small lots and working on the metayage system (q.v.). Cotton and cattle are the chief exports. Pop. of the group, mostly on Carriacou, about 7,000.