_Caracas, Carupano and Maracaibo Cacaos._--Venezuela has been called "the classic home of cacao," and had not the chief occupation of its inhabitants been revolution, it would have retained till now the important position it held a hundred years ago. It is in this enchanted country (it was at La Guayra in Caracas, as readers of _Westward Ho!_ will remember, that Amyas found his long-sought Rose) that the finest cacao in the world is produced: the criollo, the bean with the golden-brown break. The tree which produces this is as delicate as the cacao is fine, and there is some danger that this superb cacao may die out--a tragedy which every connoisseur would wish to avert. The _Gordian_ estimates that Venezuela sent out from her three principal ports in 1919 some 16,226 tons of cacao. _THE WEST INDIES._ In the map of South America the principal West Indian islands producing cacao are marked. Their production in 1918 was as follows: CACAO BEANS EXPORTED. Percentage of Metric Tons. World's production. Trinidad (British) 26,177 9.7 San Domingo 18,839 7.0 Grenada (British) 6,704 2.5 Jamaica (British) 3,000 1.1 Haiti 2,272 0.8 St. Lucia (British) 500 0.2 Dominica (British) 300 0.1 St. Vincent (British) 70 0.02 ----------- --------------- West Indies Total 57,862 tons 21.42 per cent. ----------- --------------- Br. West Indies 36,751 tons 13.6 per cent. TRINIDAD AND GRENADA.[3] [3] Cacao production in 1919: Trinidad 27,185 tons; Grenada 4,020 tons.