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“...50 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES -
motor-launches flit here and there, and yachts spread 1
their sails to receive the almost constant breeze. The
water is so clear in these favoured regions that rocks,
which are really fathoms below the surface, can be seen
so distinctly that they appear to be quite near.
From Grassy Bay steamers pass along the narrow
Stags and Two Rock channels in a south-easterly direc-
tion to the land-locked harbour, on the north side of
which stands Hamilton (pop. about 2,500), the capital
of the Bermudas. Overlooking Pitt’s Bay at the west
end of the town is the large Princess Hotel, erected by
local enterprise in 1884 and named in honour of H.R.H.
Princess Louise. Also conspicuous is the Hotel Ber-
mudiana, built on properties known as Rosebank, Long
House, and Richmond, and opened in 1924.
Hamilton, which owes its name, to Henry Hamilton,
Governor when it was incorporated in 179°» succeeded
St. George’s as the seat of Government in 1815. It is
a picturesque town...”
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