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“...fully di/cover’d it, and the Rocks all
about receiv’d a wonderful Lu/tre from the Fire i/fuing
out of that precious Gem.”
There is a rude shelter by the side of the lake, where
ponies can be tied up while the visitor proceeds afoot to
the famous Rosalie View. Here there is one of the most
magnificent vistas in the West Indies. From a fore-
ground of tall tree-ferns, rubber trees, and a wealth of
tropical foliage, stretch eight or nine miles of densely
wooded valley and mountain, ending in the dim and blue
distance with the surf-fringed shore of Rosalie Bay on
the windward coast.
A visit to the Boiling Lake, which was rediscovered
about thirty years ago by a party of three, headed by
the late Dr. H. A. Alford Nicholls, C.M.G., is a more serious
undertaking. The lake is really an active volcano, and...”
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“...Ambergris
Cay. It has been said by the irreverent that the best
view of Belize is obtained from the stem of a ship. The
first appearance of the town with its white and red
roofed houses rising from the sea is quite pleasing. A
large yellowish building to the left must not be mistaken
for a hotel, which it much resembles; it is St. John’s
College, a Roman Catholic Institution conducted by
American Jesuits, about a mile from the town. On
a clear day the great mountains of the interior can be
seen in the dim distance.
Belize straggles up both sides of one of the mouths
of the river of the same name for a short distance. The
left bank ends in a short sandy promontory, called Fort
George, though all traces of the fort have been lost.
Here a large area has been reclaimed from the sea and
now forms one of the most desirable residential quarters
of the town. In a small park stands an obelisk of red
granite to the memory of men from the colony who fell
in the Great War. It was unVeiled by the Governor,
Major...”
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