1 |
|
“...CONTENTS
CHA'- PAGE
I. General Information . . i
C II. General Information (coni.) . 27
. III. Barbados . . . . *57
\ IV. British Guiana . . . . 78
V. Jamaica * . . , 100
^ VI. Trinidad.........................
\ VII. Tobago . - _ rj2
^VIII. Grenada......................jgj
IX. St. Vincent . -173
■ X. St. Lucia....................X88
< XI. Antigua.........................
f XII. St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla,
Montserrat . . . .216
^ XIII. Dominica . .
- .................234
XIV. The Virgin Islands, Guade-
loupe, Martinique . . 246
« A...”
|
|
2 |
|
“...Dominica . . ƒ 1906-7 34,149 31,055 103,224 X06,246
\ 1907-8 39,865 31,486 128,650 124,294
Montserrat . . ƒ1906-7 8,732. 6,578 22,807 23,982
1 1907-8 10,233 8,0x6 32,756 35,183
Virgin Islands. ƒ 1906-7 \ 1907-8 2,425 3,971 2,032 4,367 6,440 7,009 5,760 6,027
The latest estimates regarding population are as
follows:—
Barbados 194.518 St. Lucia 54,599
British Guiana 304,549 Antigua 34,953
Jamaica 830,361 St. Kitts 30,813
Trinidad 3ï6,I4I Nevis 14,076
Tobago 30,636 Dominica 3L943
Grenada 70,783 Anguilla 4,400
St. Vincent 51,779 Montserrat 13,315
The Virgin Islands 4,908
Errata.
Page 129, line 13, for Pa. real Mass.
Page 201, line 10, for four read nearly eighteen.
Page 220, line 14,for Rodney’s read Hood’s.
Page 222, last line, for Rodney read Hood....”
|
|
3 |
|
“...Windward and Leeward being now applied to
two quite different groups of British islands, to
which reference is made below.
The British West Indian Islands are divided
into six groups of colonies:—(i) the Bahamas,
(2) Barbados, (3) Jamaica, with Turks and Caicos
Islands, and the Caymans, (4) Trinidad and
Tobago, (5) the Windward Islands, including
St Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada and the Grena-
dines, and (6) the Leeward Islands, comprising
Antigua, with Barbuda and Redonda, St. Kitts,
Nevis and Anguilla, Montserrat, Dominica and
the Virgin Islands. The colonies of British
Guiana on the mainland of South America and
British Honduras in Central America are also
generally considered part of the British West
Indies, owing to their proximity and to the...”
|
|
4 |
|
“...CHAPTER XII
ST. CHRISTOPHER or ST. KITTS
Mother Colony of the British West Indies
General St. Kitts, which forms one Presidency with Nevis
Aspect. an(j Anguilla under the Government of the Lee-
ward Islands, lies 45 miles to the west of Antigua.
It is about 23 miles long, and has a total area of
68 square miles. Its population is 29,782. The
island is purely volcanic, and therefore very moun-
tainous. The central part consists of a range of
rugged mountains running south-east and north-
west, which culminates in Mount Misery, 3711 feet
high. These mountains, which are clothed with
bush and grass, run down to the coast, and their
lower slopes are densely cultivated in sugar canes.
The main range at its south-east end breaks into
a semicircle which encloses a fertile plain, at the
south-west of which is Basseterre (population 9019),
the capital of the island, which is situated on the
shore of an open roadstead. The town was de-
stroyed by fire in 1867, and rebuilt. At the south-
east corner...”
|
|
5 |
|
“... Rodney’s meeting with
De Grasse in the Basseterre Roads, in which the
French admiral was completely outmanoeuvred,
an event described by Captain Mahan as one of
the finest feats in the annals of naval warfare.
The island was, however, restored to England by
the Treaty of Versailles, 1783, which followed
Rodney’s victory over De Grasse off Dominica on
12th April 1782. St. Kitts has been British
ever since, although it was raided by Villeneuve
in 1805.
The Government of St. Kitts, Nevis, and Anguilla
is administered by an officer entitled the Adminis-
trator. There is one Executive Council for the
Presidency, consisting of the Governor, the Ad-
ministrator, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-
General, the Auditor-General, and such persons
as His Majesty may from time to time appoint....”
|
|
6 |
|
“...NEVIS
227
topher and Nevis, which also includes the island
of Anguilla. They were united by the Federal Act
No. 2 of 1882.
Charlestown.—The hotel of the heirs of Hotels.
Mrs. Hart and that of Mrs. Daniell offer fair but
limited accommodation—Pension 6s. per day, or
£,2, 2S. per week. Special terms are quoted for
families or for a lengthened visit. Visitors pro-
vided with good references can also obtain lodg-
ings with private families and live en pension.
Several merchants in Charlestown have good Means of
buggies, with one or two horses, but no fixed Conveyance-
tariff is adhered to. For the drive round the Carriages,
island, a distance of 20 miles, ^1, os. rod. is the
usual fare; but for shorter distances a special
agreement has to be made beforehand. Riding Horses,
horses can be obtained for about is. per hour.
There is a tennis and croquet club, which has Sports,
its headquarters in the Government grounds at Tennis.
Queen’s House, about a quarter of a mile from Croquet-
Charlestown...”
|
|
7 |
|
“...ANGUILLA
229
tedium of the journey! The old Bath House TbeBath
Hotel, near Charlestown, should certainly be in- Hotel,
spected. Now a ruin, it serves as a link with
the past, when Nevis was the most popular
island in the Caribbean for white people, and
visitors leave with the impression that, given
capital and energy, it might be now a well-known
health resort. The springs near the hotel are
of undoubted efficacy in the treatment of gout,
lumbago, and kindred ills to which the flesh is
heir. They used as far back as 1670 to be
“ much frequented for the curing of the several
distempers of the Body of man,” to quote Blome.
The temperature of the water is 100* Fahr., and it is
in all probability the heat rather than the mineral
contents of the spring which produces beneficial
results. A bath can be had in perfect comfort
for the moderate charge of is., towels, coffee, &c.,
being obtainable from the attendant who lives in
the old Bath House premises.
ANGUILLA
The snakeless Snake Island
Anguilla...”
|
|
8 |
|
“...2 30 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
Climate, salt and garden stock. Anguilla, which has a
population of 3890, is very healthy.
History. The island, which derives its name from its
resemblance to a snake, or possibly to its having
been supposed to be infested with snakes, was
discovered by Columbus on his second voyage in
1493- It was colonised by the English in 1650.
In 1689 the settlers, having been maltreated by
the Irish and French, were transferred to Antigua.
MONTSERRAT
The Emerald Isle of the West
General Montserrat, which lies 27 miles to the south-
*** west °f Antigua and 33 to 35 from Nevis, is about
ii miles in length, 7 in breadth, and 32 J square
miles, and.has a population of 12,215. It is entirely
volcanic, and has three groups of mountains, the
highest elevation being the Soufrière (3002 feet)
in the southern part of the island. The hills rise
in steady slopes from the sea, and are cultivated
to a height of 1500 feet. The cultivated land
is mainly on the western and south-eastern...”
|
|
9 |
|
“...y communication
with St. Thomas by means of the government
packet schooner Viking, sailing from Bassin.
Steam communication between the islands has
been a long-recognised need, but one which it has
so far been found impossible to supply. The
Quebec line of steamers, however, proceed as a
rule from St. Thomas to West End or Frederick-
sted on their outward voyages. The roads of the
island are good, and well suited for cyclists.
ST. MARTIN
The joint-owned Island
St. Martin, which lies between Anguilla and
St. Bartholomew, is partly French and partly
Dutch. Twenty square miles of the island be-
long to France, and form a dependency of
Guadeloupe, and 18 square miles belong to
Holland, and form with Saba a dependency of...”
|
|
10 |
|
“...from a certain point on
the coast, agreeing to divide the island between
them by a line drawn from the point whence they
started to that at which they met. The astute
Dutchman was a slower walker than the French-
man, but he started off towards the more valuable
end of the island—that in which salt-ponds are
situated. Thus, while the larger portion fell to
France, Holland secured the richer part of St.
Martin.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW
Guadeloupe's small Dependency
St. Bartholomew lies to the south of Anguilla, General
and 108 miles to the north-west of the French A8peet'
island of Guadeloupe, of which it is a dependency.
Its 8 square miles are very mountainous, and its
soil, in spite of a scarcity of moisture, is not...”
|
|
11 |
|
“...INDEX
Abercromby, Sir Ralph, 135,
\ i6S. 177.193
Aboriginal Indians, 41
Acawois, the, 41
Agricultural School, 181, 100
Airy Hall, 88
Akyma, 87
Albany, in
Alligator Pond, 113, 114
Amazon River, 81
Amusements on board, 30
Anchovy, in
Anegada, 246, 247
Angostura bitters, 132
Anguilla, 2, 216, 229-230
Animal Flower Cave, the, 76
Anne, Princess, 220
Annotto Bay, in
Antiglia, 1
Antigua, 2, 43, 202-215, 298
Antigua, books on, 55
Antilla, 1
Antilles, 1
Antoine, Lake, 171
Appleton, in
Arakaka, 87
Arawak Indians, the, 41, 263
Arecuna Indians, the, 41
Argyle River, 174
Arima, 136, 137, 148
Arouagues. See Arawak
Arouca, 137
Arrowroot, 174
Asphalt, 132, 148-150
Atkinson, George, monument to,
* 209
Atlantis, site of the ancient, 32
Aurora, 87, 88
Azores, the, 2, 32
Bacchante, H.M.S., 148, 171
Bahamas, the, 1, 2
Baijer, Otto, 209, 210
Bainsjaunes, 250
Balaclava, 109, in
Balata industry, 80, 81
Bananas, 7, 102, 269, 274, 294-
297
Bananas, Chinese or dwarf, 59
Bank of Nova Scotia, the, 12
Banks, 12
Banks...”
|
|
12 |
|
“...Portuguese, about 1536.
Columbus, 3rd voyage, i4g8.
I rom an Indian name. Guanahani was
the native name of St. Salvador.
Called by Portuguese Los Barbados, after
bearded fig-trees found there.
An Indian word meaning “ water.”
British Honduras . .
Jamaica............
Turks Islands. . .
Caicos Islands . .
The Cayman Islands
Trinidad...........
Tobago............
Windward Islands
Grenada . . .
St. Vincent . .
St. Lucia . . .
Leeward Islands
Antigua...........
St. Kitts.........
Nevis.............
Anguilla..........
Montserrat . . ■
Dominica..........
The Virgin Islands
Columbus, 4th voyage, 1503.
Columbus, 2nd voyage, ,4^4.
Columbus, 1st voyage, 1403,
Columbus, 2nd voyage, 1495.
Columbus,'2nd voyage, 14^4.
The Spanish Honduras “ depths,” owing
to difficulty found in anchoring.
Xaymaca, “well watered,” or “well
wooded and watered.”
A cactus, like a Turk’s head. }
The Spanish Cayos, a rock or islet. j
Cayman, a kind of alligator.
Columbus, 3rd voyage, i4g8.
Called after the Holy Trinity.
Columbus...”
|
|