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“...old Espagnola or Hispaniola, which comprises Haiti at the western end and Santo Domingo, both of which are also republics. The British islands are divided into six separate groups : (i) The Bahamas; (2) Barbados ; (3) Jamaica, with Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Cayman Islands ; (4) Trinidad and Tobago ; (5) the Windward Islands’ including Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines; and (6) the Leeward Islands, comprising Antigua, with Barbuda and Redonda ; St. Kitts, Nevis, and Anguilla; Montserrat, Dominica, and the Virgin Islands. Adjoining the West Indian islands are the colonies of British* Guiana on the mainland of South America and British Honduras in Central America, which have many interests in common with them. The other islands of importance beside those men- tioned above are: Porto Rico, St. Thomas, Santa Cruz or St. Croix, and St. John (American); Guadeloupe (with its dependencies the Saintes, Marie Galante, Desirade or Deseada, and St. Bartholomew), and Martinique...”
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“...Chapter VIII THE LEEWARD ISLANDS The Leeward Islands are a British Colony comprising the Presidencies of Antigua (with its dependencies Bar- buda and Redonda), Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis (including Anguilla), Dominica and the Virgin Islands, which were federated by an Act of the Imperial Parlia- ment in 1871 (34 and 35 Viet. cap. 107). Their total area is 704 square miles, or about that of the county of Surrey. The seat of government is Antigua. ANTIGUA Where Nelson refitted his ships in 1805 Antigua—pronounced “ Anteega ”—which is situated in latitude 170 6' N. and longitude 6i° 45' W., about 40 miles east of Nevis, the same distance north of Guade- loupe, and 27 miles north-east of Montserrat, has an area of 108 square miles and a population of 28,864. The island, which is the seat of government of the Leeward Islands, is oval in shape, and has three distinct charac- teristics. In the south and south-west it is volcanic and mountainous; in the north and north-east it is of coral...”
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“...island; but in the following year it was ceded to England by the Treaty of Breda, and the Government was1 entrusted to Lord Francis Willoughby’s I brother, Lord William Willoughby of Parham. The subsequent history of Antigua has been, on the whole, uneventful. A few years after the cession of the island there I were only five hundred black people in it, while a hundred years later the population included 37,808 slaves, 1,230 free people I of colour, and 2,590 whites. In 1689 the inhabitants of Anguilla 1 sought refuge in Antigua, which was defended from the in- jcursions of the French and Indians by Sir Timothy Thornhill I and a body of troops. The notorious Mr. Parke became Governor jin 1706. Violent dissensions arose between him and the populace, but he refused to resign and was at length killed by ; a riotous mob on December 7th, 1710.* Antigua has been J visited on several occasions by hurricanes of great severity— {notably in 1681, 1740, 1792, 1849, and 1899. CONSTITUTION. By an Act of...”
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“...2i6 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES ST. CHRISTOPHER or ST. HITTS The Mother Colony of the British West Indies St. Christopher, better known as St. Kitts, which with Nevis and Anguilla is a Presidency of the Leeward Islands, lies in latitude 170 18' N. and longitude 62° 48' W., 45 miles to the west of Antigua. It is about 23 miles long, and has a total area of 68 square miles and a population of 22,415. The island is volcanic, and consequently very mountainous. The central part consists of a range of rugged mountains running south- east and north-west, culminating in Mount Misery, 3,711 feet high. These mountains, which are clothed with virgin forest bush and grass, run down to the coast. Their lower slopes, known as “ Mountain Lands,” used to be planted with sugar-cane ; but they are now mostly used as pastures or are given out to the labourers, who grow ground provisions on them. The main range at its south-east end breaks into a semicircle which encloses a fertile plain, at the south-west...”
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“...Dominica on April 12th, 1782. St. Kitts has been British ever since, although it was raided by Villeneuve in 1805, just before the battle of Trafalgar. CONSTITUTION'. The Government of St. Kitts, Nevis, and Anguilla is administered by an officer entitled the Administrator. There is one Executive Council for the Presidency, consisting of the Governor, the Administrator, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Auditor-General, and such other persons as his Majesty may from time to time appoint. The legislative body is styled the Legislative Council of St. Christopher and Nevis, and consists of six official and six nominated unofficial members, besides the Governor and the Administrator; of the unofficial not more than five may be appointed from among the people of St. Kitts and Anguilla, and one at least is selected from those of Nevis. The Governor, or in his absence the Administrator, presides, and the President of the Council enjoys an original and also a casting vote. The Council...”
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“...follow- ing year. In 1629 the settlement was nearly destroyed by the Spaniards, and in 1706 it was ravaged by the French, who destroyed property to the value of half a million, and carried off between three and four thousand slaves. The island was taken by the French under the Marquis de Bouillé in 1782, but restored to Great Britain by the Treaty of Versailles in the following year. CONSTITUTION. Nevis forms part of the Presidency of St. Christopher and Nevis, which also includes the island of Anguilla. These islands were united by a Federal Act of the Leeward Islands Legislature in 1882. Magistrate Mr. A. C. K. Tibbits. ACCOMMODATION. Charlestown. The Bath House Hotel is recommended. Board and lodging, 12s. 6d. per day, including use of the baths (see opposite page). Special terms can be quoted for families or for a lengthened stay out of season. Branchdeane House. Board and lodging, 10s. per day. Mrs. Daniell’s Boarding House. Board and lodging, 8s. i,d. per day. COMMUNICATIONS. Nevis can...”
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“...Mount Nevis, or Nevis Peak (3,596 feet), though unattended with difficulty, should be undertaken by the able-bodied only. The view depends largely upon atmospheric conditions, there being frequently a cloud : capping the summit. When the weather is favourable, Barbuda, Redonda, St. Kitts, St. Eustatius, and Saba 1 can be distinctly seen. Time should be considered as being of no object, and refreshments should be taken to beguile the tedium of the journey ! ANGUILLA The Snakeless Snake Island Anguilla, the most northerly of the Leeward Islands, [ about 60 miles north-west of St. Kitts, has an area of 135 square miles. It has as dependencies the “ Dogs ” l and neighbouring islets, and a population of 4,230. I Geologically it consists of coral lying on trap rock j and covered at irregular intervals by a mixture of...”
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“...coral is seen jutting out in boulders of various sizes, or stretching in belts from one side of the island to the other, and over another third there is but a thin layer of soil, which is not sufficiently deep for agricultural purposes. The remaining third is very fertile. -1 li i p |! INDUSTRIES. Cotton is now being successfully cultivated p in the island, the chief industries of which were until recently j p the raising of live-stock and the production of salt and garden P stock. CLIMATE. Anguilla, which has a population of 4,230, is '! I' very healthy. HISTORY. The island, which derives its name from its resemblance to a snake, or possibly from its having been sup- J I' posed to be 'infested with snakes, was discovered by Columbus E| on his second voyage in 1493. It was colonised by the English in 1650. In 1689 the settlers, having been maltreated by the Irish and French, were transferred to Antigua. MONTSERRAT The Emerald Island of the West Montserrat, which lies in latitude 160 45'...”
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“...cotton, and ground provisions, whilst a variety of grape grows there to perfection. Many of the peasants subsist by fishing. Saint Martin, of which one part is owned by France and the other by the Netherlands (see page 341), takes its name fromSieur Saint Martin, who took possession of the island by virtue of a Commission of Louis XIII. The chief town in the French quarter is Marigot, and the staple industry is the cultivation of sugar. Saint Barthélemy, or St. Bartholomew, lies to the south of Anguilla, and about 108 miles to the north- west of Guadeloupe. Its eight square miles are very mountainous, and its soil, in spite of a scarcity of moisture, is not unfertile. Bananas, quassia, and tama- rinds are exported. The chief town is Gustavia, near the...”
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“...is the establishment of the “ Lago ” company, where oil is transferred from the shallow draft vessels able to cross the two bars at the entrance of Lake Maracaibo into ocean-going tankers. Caracas Bay, a former quarantine station with an ancient Spanish fort and a delightful beach for bathing, repays a visit. So too does the Ostrich Farm, where feathers are obtainable. The ostriches appear to flourish in the tropical climate. ST. MARTIN The joint-ou/ned Island St. Martin, which lies between Anguilla and St. Bar- tholomew, is partly French and partly Dutch. Twenty square m les of the island belong to France, and form a dependency of Guadeloupe, and 18 square m;les belong to Holland, and form with St. Eustatiüs and Saba a dependency of Curasao. It rises to a height of 1,236 feet above the sea, and it has only a small cultivable area. INDUSTRIES. Salt is the principal industry of both colonies, but cotton and live-stock are also exported. The chief settle- ment in the French portion is Marigot...”
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“...Adventure, 377, 378 “ African Companies,” 36 Agatash, 373 Agouti, the, 7 Akyma, 377 Alarm, H.M.S., 116 Albany, 260 Albemarle, Duke of, 63, 349 Albert, Prince (Duke of York), 130 Albert Victor, Prince, 48, 95, in, 130, 136, 142, 164 Alfred, Prince. See Edin- burgh, Duke of Alleyne, Hon. Forster M., 99 Alleyne, Sir John Gay, 109 Almirante Bay, 418 Amatuk, 389 Ambergris Cay, 393, 396 Amerigo Vespucci, 374 Ancon, 428 Andros, 63, 64, 65 Anegada, 251 Anglican Church, the, 39 Angostura bitters, 115 Anguilla, 201, 233-4 Animal Flower Cave, 111 Anne, Princess, 218 Annotto Bay, 260, 287 Anopheles mosquito, 6 Anstey, Bishop A. H., 94 Antoine, Lake, 164, 166 Antigua, 199-212 — Accommodation in, 202 —- Area, situation and popula- tion, 199 — Books on, 31 — Climate, 200 —- Communications, 202 — Constitution, 201—2 — Freemasonry, 204 — History, 200-1 —- Parishes, 200 — Sports, 202 Antilla, 348, 363 Antilles, 1 Apex (Trinidad), Ltd., 142 Apodaca, Admiral, 116, 121, 131 Apostles’ Battery, 262 Arakaka, 377...”