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“...LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS Maps The West Indies . . . after The Bermudas ... . . „ New Providence, the Bahamas . . „ A Topographical Description and Ad- measurement of the Island of Barbados ,, Reproduced from Ligon’s Map, dated 1673 Barbados . . . . Trinidad and Tobago . . . . Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grena- dines . St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Kitts, Nevis, Dominica and Montserrat Jamaica . . . . . Guadeloupe, Martinique, Marie Galante and Les Saintes The Virgin Islands ... Cuba and Porto Rico . Haiti and Santo Domingo British Guiana . . The Panama Canal facing Plans Bridgetown, Barbados . . . . after Port of Spain, Trinidad . . . ,, The Carenage, Grenada, in 1700 . From an old plan in the " Nouveau Voyage auy Isles de V A mérique ’’ xi PAGE xiv 46 66 76 80 116 156 170 258 308 328 346 366 374 420 84 122 161...”
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“...in the West Indies, the change of climate is as a rule far more sudden by this route than when one follows the advice of the old sea- captain and steams *‘ south till the butter melts and then due west." From Canada St. Kitts is reached in eight days ; and from the United States to the Bahamas is a run of three days only, and to Jamaica one of four days. The route usually followed from northern ports to Jamaica is past Watling’s Island and through the Crooked Island and Windward Passages (see map). Steamers for the Lessef Antilles keep well out in the Atlantic. If the steamer arrives at Jamaica, as she generally does, at dawn, it well repays one to be on deck very early to see the sun rise over the glorious Blue Mountains, putting to shame the blinking fight of the lighthouse at Plum Point. . J The difference of a voyage under modem conditions from one in the old days has often been emphasised, and tourists who are lucky enough to be able to obtain copies of Monk Lewis’ *' Journal or Jeaffreson...”
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“...compelled to strike her colours, which now hang in the Royal United Service Museum in Whitehall, London, The bell, which bears the date 1740, was cracked by a bullet. Below the niche is a tablet inscribed : Bell said to have belonged to H.M.S. Shannon AND DAMAGED DURING HER ENGAGEMENT with the U.S. Frigate Chesapeake ist June, 1813. This historic bell was exhibited at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924 and 1925. The road for carriages or cyclists to Ireland Island is clearly shown on the map which faces page 46. Pedes- trians can take a short cut by crossing by ferry from Hamilton to Paget. The several islands traversed are connected by bridges, and some exquisite views can be obtained en route of the islands in the Great Sound, on»...”
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“...Atopographicafl D< ± 9. 9 Ascription and I/Admeasurement of tiie YLAND of ^RSADöSm theWeA INDYAES Witti the IlL ïlame s of til e S'i ‘«11 pl antacoris xr *5« £ AW > *»* *9k<3t, JL&£ I '^10tifantLe, ?fLoni*y, *■ 4. =<4L o*»- *■«■ V% « •A Sca.lt tf jive. Milts Richard Ligons Map of Barbados published! in 1657...”
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“...TRINIDAD i2i I SIGHTS. Vessels bound for Port of Spain enter the I Gulf of Paria by one of the Bocas del Dragón (the I Dragon’s mouths), the straits formed by the islands of I Chacachacare (an Indian name), Huevos (egg) and Monos I (monkey), and known respectively as the Bocas Grande, I Navios, Huevos,and Monos (see map, after p. 116). Cha- I cachacare, on which there is a tall lighthouse, has, since I *92I> been a leper settlement. On the other islands are I pleasant villas which are much resorted to for bathing I and fishing. At the north-east point of Huevos is I Parasol Rock, where H.M.S. Dromedary grounded on ■ August ioth, 1800. Her bowsprit was lashed to the ■ rock, and 500 men landing spent fifteen uncomfortable I hours upon this inhospitable crag. Then the weather I having moderated they re-embarked and got away. I On entering the Gulf, steamers turn east and coast ■ along the mainland of Trinidad. Opposite Monos is ■Teteron Bay, and in the Boca Monos is a jagged rock, ■rising...”
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“...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 Radix Points is called, owes its origin to a French vessel laden with coco-nuts having been wrecked there and to some of the nuts having been washed ashore and taken root. The north-east trade- wind, fresh from...”
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“...to the north, for greater safety, and that next day she found her way back to her shrine as the Bambino of the Ara Coeli did in Rome. An opportunity of seeing something of the varied scenery of the coasts of T rinidad is afforded by the Coastal steamer which leaves every Monday night for Scar- borough, Tobago. In one week she goes through the Bocas, and passing the exquisitely beautiful bays of Macqueripe, Maracas, and Las Cuevas, calls at Blanchis- seuse, Matelot, Grande Rivière, and Toco (see map, after page 116), whence she crosses to Tobago in 2| hours, reaching there on Tuesday morning. After going east round Tobago she leaves Scarborough again on Thursday night for Toco and Port of Spain. In the other week she j steams south through the Serpent’s Mouth along the I South Coast, calling at Moruga and, passing in sight of I the three mountains which suggested the Trinity to I Columbus and so gave the island its name, and Guaya-...”
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“...instance of the then Governor, (afterwards Sir) Walter Sendall, whose name it bears. Lady Sendall ignited the first charge for its excavation by electricity, and the tunnel was completed in 1895. The western approach is called Bruce Street after the late Sir Charles Bruce, Governor from 1893 to 1897^ The St. George’s Club, the Post Office, the Public Library (first opened in 1864) and the' Government Buildings are situated on the wharf, adjacent to the landing-place. At the Library an interesting old map by M. de Caillus, “ Engineer-General of the American Islands and Terra Firma,” can be seen. It shows the* position of the town and fort erected in 1705-1706, anc of the old capital Port Louis (see page 159). The clue local office of Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colomal anc Overseas) is in Church Street. The Royal Bank 0 Canada is in Young Street. , . The Parish Church of St. George’s contains a well executed marble monument by Westmacott with medall lions on either side, which was erected in 1799 by...”
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“...000 j feet above the sea (19 miles from Kingston), which was j established during the Governorship of Sir Charles j Metcalfe (1839-1841), for the white troops whose health I suffered through epidemics in the plains. This interesting j spot can also be reached direct from Kingston by motor- 1 car over a driving road completed in recent years. The I barracks, mess-rooms, etc., are perched in terraces on I the mountain side and command superb views of j Kingston and its harbour lying like a relief-map far I below. Away to the west on a slightly higher elevation I are the cantonments of Greenwich. Since the disbandment of the West India Regiment I in 1926, the white troops have been stationed at Up Park j Camp to the north of Kingston. From Newcastle to Catherine’s Peak there is a fair I riding road. The view of both sides of the island from 1 the summit (5,036 feet) is very beautiful. The road from I Newcastle is continued to Hardwar Gap and down the a Buff River Valley to Buff Bay on the north...”
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“...undertaken with a view to the possible re-establishment of St. Pierre, and such articles as molten and flattened globes, door- handles of glass, and other interesting relics of the disaster are still to be found. On the hill above, the residents point with pride to a shrine, the image and cross of which, while the Cathedral perished and, with other large buildings, is now only a mass of writhen and blistered iron girders, were untouched by fire or ash. Of all those actually in St. Pierre only one map escaped, a criminal in the condemned cell, This building was situated with its back to the volcano, and, being of massive stone with a grated window lacing seaward, neither flame nor ash could enter. His escape was not for long, as the shock was so great that he died from it two days after he was rescued. The disaster has been graphically described by Mr. F. H. Watkins, I.S.O., O.B.E., who was at the time Commissioner of Montserrat. For three months prior to the great outburst signs of active ...”
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“...duties. The streets are clean and well cared for, and it used to I be said that, during the Danish régime, visitors found i by the police to have dined not wisely but too well, I were compelled to expiate their overnight offence by I sweeping the streets in the morning. Good pedestrians can obtain a superb view by ascend- I ing the mountain by the rough path behind “ 1829 ” to H TVTqfnlift- From this spot an extensive panorama unfolds I itself. Far below are the town and harbour spread I out like a map. Under the shelter of Cowell s battery I are the wharves formerly owned by the Hamburg- 1 Amerika line. Away to the west lie the islands of Culebra I and Vieques) and to the east St. John, Tortola, and I several small islets of the Virgin group. _To the south I lies St. Croix. Out to sea is the historic Sail Rock which, I...”
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“...HI jgs* Mr Ê'Alf-ï * ■ÜKJ ****** 3Ll*4P X/A mmfCéf.. i ADAM aturiSI • San Jua % ' .5L'*8SAW* zo’ne’^- Friiolas Sta. ,mkM^0 pafla jl8 Jkü ^^RPaÓroMiguel J^ufic LOCK*T^SH&& \ \ \ ^^^.iraflores FLORES ms&m QlÊSm a Vs-; Arraman'iV CorozalS Palo Seco MAP OF THE PANAMA CANAL Chorrara to Miles RAILWAY. Tabóéal Sifton, Praed' d Co. L tdt St James’ Sf London....”