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“...breaks upon the eye, the marvellous panorama of life,
sound, and colour which Kingsley pictured half a century
ago and described in "At Last,” a.book which every
visitor to Trinidad should read. In many parts the
sandy beach is used as a high road, and one may meet an
occasional cart or motor-car, and peasants riding or
walking from place to place. Here no one need starve,
for, apart from coco-nuts from the palms fringing it, the
sand, below high-water mark, is full of tiny shell-fish
called “ chip-chip,” which make an excellent soup.
Another glorious beach is that of Guayaguayare at the
eastern end of the south coast. Here on the fringe of the
white sand are several screened bungalows belonging to
the Trinidad Leaseholds, Ltd., which owns the oil-
bearing land in the vicinity. Guayaguayare was the
scene of the early operations of Major Randolph Rust,
pioneer of the present oil industry. The wells are
located in a clearing in the forest which can (with per-
mission) be reached by a trolly running...”
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“...INDEX
472
Chaima Indians, 143
Chalky Mount, 96, 97
Challenger, H.M.S., 43
Champ d'Arbaud, 307
Champion, Major, 188
Chancellor, Sir John, 128
Chapeau Carré, 154
Chapelton, 260
Charity, 378
Charles II, King, 203
Charlestown, 227, 228
Charlotte Amalia, 321
Charlotte Town. See Gouyave
Charlotteville, 151, 152
Chateaubelair, 195-7
Chatoyer, 186
Chauncey, H., 419, 423
Cheeks, Henry, 86
Cherry Tree Hill, in
Chesapeake, American frigate.
54
Chicle, 393
Chinese immigration, 38, 384-
385, 429
Chip-chip, 139
Choiseul, 181
Christian VI, King, 328
Christiansted, 328-30
Churches, All Saints, Bar-
bados, no
— All Saints, New Amster-
dam, 385
— Christ Church, Barbados,
99
— Fig Tree, 231
— Holy Trinity, Castries, 174
— La Divina Pastora, 144
— La Merced, 361
— La Soledad, 361
— Notre Dame de Montserrat,
Trinidad, 139
— St. Andrew, Kingston, 2 74
— St. Andrew’s Kirk, 383
— St. Anthony’s, Montserrat,
236
— St. George, Barbados, 105
— St. George’s, Dominica, 242
— St. George’s, Grenada, 160
— St. George’s...”
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