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“...enjoyed at Macqueripe Bay on the north coast, a drive
of ii miles from Port of Spain, where a few huts for bathers
are provided ; and at Pointe Baleine on the island of Gasparee,
a drive of n or 12 miles and a journey of 2 or 3 miles by launch
over the sheltered waters of the Gulf. A favourite excursion
is to leave Port of Spain at about 4 p.m., bathe and dine at the
hotel at Pointe Baleine and return after dinner by moonlight
—in itself a delightful experience. The splendid open beaches
at Balandra and Manzanilla Bays on the East Coast within
easy reach of Port of Spain by motor-car are ideal for afternoon
picnics and surf-bathing in the open Atlantic.
The fishing in the neighbourhood of the Bocas is, at times,
excellent, and especially so when the tarpon and king-fish are
biting, while even when they are not the visitor who puts him-
self in the hands of an experienced local fisherman rarely returns
with an empty basket. One hundred and sixteen different kinds
of fish are found in Trinidad...”
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“...and Council. It is an important centre of the
cocoa industry. On August 31st, Santa Rosa day, the
town is always en fete, and a race meeting is held on its
Savannah. Proceeding across the island the road runs
south-east from Valencia village through the forest to
Sangre Grande (29 miles from Port of Spain). From this
town the road strikes north again, and, running in a
north-easterly direction, passes through Matura Village
and districts devoted to the cultivation of coco-nuts, to
Salybia and Balandra Bays near the northern end of the
East Coast or Bande de 1’Est. Here there are glorious
expanses of white sand from which delightful surf-
bathing can be enjoyed in the open Atlantic. The east
coast (see map, after p. 116) has three great bays, namely
those of Matura, Cocos, and Mayaro, each of which should
be visited if time permits. For the greater part of its
length the entire coast is fringed with coco-nut palms,
and it is said that the Cocal, as the coco-nut grove
between Manzanilla and...”
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“...Bacchante, Cruise of H.M.S.,
48, 90, in, 136, 142, 164
Bacon, John, R.A., 268, 282,
284, 291
Bahamas, The, 63-73
— Accommodation in, 66
— and Turks Islands, 299
— Area and situation, 63
— Books on, 29
— Climate, 65
—- Communications, 67
— Constitution, 66
— Development Board, 67, 69,
73
— History, 65
— Industries, 64
— " Out Islands," 63, 73
— Sea Gardens, 73
— Sports, 67
Baijer, Otto, 205, 206
Bailey’s Bay, 57
Baily, E. H., sculptor, 264
Baker, Captain, 443
Balaclava, Jamaica, 259, 260,
290
Balandra Bay, 120, 138
Balata, 373, 445-6
Balboa, 428, 432
Baleine Falls, St. Vincent, 198
Balliceaux, 184, 185
Bamboos for paper-making,
137
Bananas, 8, 75, 169, 256, 286,
290, 311, 393, 409, 414,
443-4
Bande de L’Est, 138
Banks, n
Banks, Sir Joseph, 189
Bannister, Major-General, 284
Barabara, the, 178
Barbados, 74-112
— Accommodation in, 78
Barbados (cont.)
—• Area and situation, 74
— Books on, 29
— " Charter” of, 77, 105
— Climate, 75
— Communications, 78
— Constitution, 77
—— Dripstone, 9
— First...”
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