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“...n of this road goes right
round the island, but from King’s Bay on to its
junction with the Northside Road at King Peter’s
Bay—a distance of 32 miles—it is a bridle track
only. There is a road across the centre of the
island, still in bad order in places, but which is
being rapidly improved, and there are numerous
branch roads in good condition. Though they
are fairly well kept, they are not well adapted
for carriages, and the principal means of loco-
motion are therefore horses and “ Shanks’ mare.”
Good riding horses can be hired for 2s. per hour,
6s. per day, or jQi, os. rod. per week. There
is weekly communication between Tobago and
Trinidad by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Com-
pany’s steamers Kennet and Spey, which run once
a week from Port of Spain, Trinidad, to Scar-
borough, and then round the island and back to
Port of Spain, with an extra trip once a fortnight
direct between Port of Spain and Scarborough, to
bring the English mail.
There is a tennis club at Fort George, to which...”
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