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“...it is square, it has four entrances approached by black and white marble steps, and is surmounted with battlements. The walls are immensely thick, and well calculated to withstand hurricanes. In 1831 the outside of the house was being repaired, when it was struck by the terrific cyclone of August xo, and though the scaffolding was carried off by force of the wind and deposited in the mill-yard of the Three Houses Estate, three miles away, the building was uninjured. The chief feature of the interior is the handsome ceilings in plaster work, which were fashioned by a man named Warren, who was imported in the old slavery days as a militiaman, when the planters were bound by law to leaven their holding of slaves with a certain number of white men. At the end of the long drawing-room and dining-room there are handsome mahogany columns made from trees grown in the island. The large looking-glasses, now dulled by age, convey some idea of the magnificent scale on which the house was furnished...”
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“...BRITISH GUIANA 79 The interior of the colony consists of swampy grass plains called savannahs, dense forests and bush, and ranges of mountains. The primitive forests are only occupied by a few Indians, with here and there a wood-cutter’s, a gold-digger’s, or I a diamond-washer’s camp. A series of sandhills, now covered by tall forest trees, runs parallel to the sea-coast beyond the savannahs, and it is supposed that they were left by the receding sea in remote times. The highest of the mountains is Roraima (8740 feet), which, though precipitous near the summit, has been ascended on several occasions, the first ascent having been made in 1884 by Mr. (now Sir) Everard im Thurn and Mr. H. J. Perkins, who were also among the first to visit the Kaieteur Falls on the Potaro, a tributary of the Essequebo, which are of great grandeur. The colony has four great rivers, the Demerara, the Essequebo, and the Berbice, which give their names to the three counties, and the Corentyn, I which divides British...”
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“...Financial Position. 80 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES rice; 1500 acres cocoa, and about 800 acres coffee. The area under rice is being largely increased, and it is probable that this industry will undergo con- siderable development in the near future. In the interior, gold is recovered by “placer” washing, and also to a lesser extent by quartz mining, and much is expected from a system of dredging and hydraulic washing, which is being experimented with. Many kinds of timbers are exported, including the valu- able greenheart, mora, &c. It is generally con- sidered that there is great room for development in the gold, diamond, balata, rubber, timber, gum animi, and other mining and forest industries, which are already being worked to some extent in the heart of the colony. The financial position of the colony is shown by the following comparative table of revenue and expenditure, and imports and exports, for the last six years:— Year. Revenue. Expenditure. Imports. Exports. 1900 1901- 2 . 1902-...”
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“...Street, the leading commercial centre of the city, which runs paral- lel to the right bank of the Demerara River for about two miles. It is in this street that the principal stores and merchants’ offices are situated. Near the stelling stands the Stabroek Market, which in the early hours of the morning presents a scene of great activity, while at the other end the Reading Room and Museum occupy a pro- minent position. The latter is open free every day, and those who have not time to visit the interior of the colony may get some idea of what life in it is like from the picture gallery. A large proportion of the fauna of British Guiana can be studied as mounted specimens, and so also can Indian curios of every kind, relics of...”
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“...i°6 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES island for Spain; but most of the colonists were apathetic, and those who were not joined the Maroons,1 the runaway slaves, in the interior of the island, and so began the long series of Maroon wars. In June 1670 the British occupa- tion of Jamaica was formally recognised by the Treaty of Madrid. The colonisation of Jamaica was proceeded with, and there was a large influx of soldiers, who did not make good colonists, and also of very undesirable refugees. A quantity of settlers also came from Nevis and other West Indian Islands. Jamaica became one of the headquarters of the buccaneers, a daring band of freebooters of all nationalities, who were deadly opposed to the rule of Spain. They derived their name from South American hunters, who joined the pirates known as flibustiers from the Dutch flyboats in which they made their expeditions. These hunters were in the habit of I drying their meat on wooden grills called boucans, I and the name buccaneers was given...”
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“...The expense of build- ing the House, which was considered the “ noblest and best edifice of the kind, either in North America or any of the British Colonies in the West Indies,” amounted to nearly ,£21,428 ster- ling. The facade is about 200 feet long, and we are told that the freestone used in its construc- tion came from the Hope River course in St. Andrew’s. The columns supporting the portico are of Portland stone, and the pavement of white marble. Long gave the following description of the interior in about 17 74 :— “ Two principal entrances lead through it into...”
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“...237.256 £311,681 303.934 310,602 283.565 321.766 283.955 The principal exports in the years 1905—6 were as follows:— Value. S'0.001........64.3i8 bags £243,790 °Plces..........8,862 cwt. 27,992 Cotton (raw) .... 1,899 „ ) ,, (Carriacou seed) 4,849 ,, ƒ 3.365 The climate of Grenada is equable and healthy. Climate. The heaviest rains fall in September and Novem- ber, but the precipitations last on and off from May until the end of the year. The average annual rainfall is 80 inches, but in the interior...”
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“...ANTIGUA 209 the earthquake which took place immediately after morning service on Sunday, 8th February 1843. The Cathedral occupies the Very spot where the militia were stationed in 1710, when they were ordered to fire on the then Governor, Colonel Park, whose tyranny and arbitrary conduct ren- dered him detested in the island. It is solidly built, and cruciform in shape, while its length is 130 feet and its breadth 50 feet. The interior, which is fitted with galleries, is lined with stout pitch pine as a precaution against earthquakes. The roof of the Cathedral is maintained at the ex- pense of the Government, who use it to collect rain-water, which is stored in large cisterns under- ground ! The monuments in the old church were many, and the inscriptions upon them were exceedingly interesting, the oldest being a stone slab in the chancel to the memory of Mrs. Gilbert, the wife of the Mr. Gilbert who introduced Metho- dism into Antigua, and who died in 1747. In the south aisle were monuments...”
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“...DOMINICA 243 tion, and one which will give the visitor an insight into the glories of tropical scenery, is that to the Freshwater Lake in the interior of the island. The Fresh-* i'he lake is situated at an altitude of 3000 feet,water Lake' and can be reached on mule-back in from 2 J to 3 I Y hours. The ride is a delightful one, not the least ♦ A pleasing feature of it being the shrill note and incessant humming of the humming-birds, the sound of which is in marked contrast to the funereal tone of the “ Sifflet Montagne,” a bird of brilliant red and blue plumage, only to be found at high altitudes in Dominica. The vFreshwater Lake in itself presents no remarkable features; but it is an object of awe and dread to the superstitious negro, who connects it with all kinds of terrifying fables. Some believe it to be bottomless, and connected by an underground channel with a certain part of the sea between Pointe Michel and Soufrière called L’Abys. They aver that this theory must be correct, for...”
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“...north-west. Marie Galante was discovered by Columbus in 1493, and named by him after his ship. It was first settled by the French in 1647. The western coast is low, but the island rises gradually towards the north. Its population is about 14,000, and the soil is productive and yields the usual West Indian products abundantly. The administration of Guadeloupe and its de- Constitu- pendencies is vested in a Governor, who is assistedtion' by a Privy Council and has under his order a Director of the Interior, a Procurator-General, and a Paymaster. There is also an elective General Council. The colony is divided into three arron-...”
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“...fortifications, which, although obsolete, were bombarded by the American fleet during the war in 1898 with- out any important damage being done to them. The streets are well paved, and many improve- ments have been effected since the American occupation of the island. In the principal square are situated the buildings of the Municipality; the Spanish Club and the old “Intervencia” are now used by the Treasury and other Govern- ment departments. There is a very good road from the city to the interior, and many delightful drives can be taken through exquisite tropical scenery, which is not surpassed by any other island in the West Indies. CURACAO The Island of the Liqueur Curasao, which, with the small islands Oruba (west) and Buen Ayre (east) adjoining, is Dutch, lies off the north coast of Venezuela. The island has a total area of 212 square miles, and a popula- tion of 28,000. It is hilly and deficient in water, being entirely dependent upon rains for a supply of that necessary of life...”
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“...2 9* GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES encomium in these pages. The average annual export of rum from Jamaica is 1,300,000 gallons j from the other West Indian islands, 200,000 gallons, and from British Guiana, 2,500,000 gallons. todust^a The SPaniards were not only responsible for introducing sugar into the West Indies, but also I cocoa. The original home of this plant was pro- I bably in South America, and it is even now found in its wild state on the banks of the upper Amazon and in the interior of Ecuador. The Spaniards left behind them well-established cocoa plantations —or cocoa walks, as they were then called—in Jamaica, and the cultivation of the plant spread rapidly to the other islands. At the present time the cocoa industry has reached such dimensions in Trinidad that it is more important in that island than sugar, while in Grenada and Dominica it has ousted sugar almost entirely, only sufficient of the latter commodity being grown there to meet local requirements. In Jamaica, St. Lucia...”