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“...Typical Street in Bridgetown,
Barbados . . . . .
A Handsome Ceiling at Lord’s Castle,
Barbados.....................
In the Botanic Gardens, British Guiana
A Street in Georgetown, British Guiana
All that remains of Kyk-over-al,
British Guiana ....
A Maid-of-All-Work ....
An Arecuna Indian Child .
The Famous Shark Papers
The Entrance to Nelson’s Quarters,
Port Royal, Jamaica .
The Rodney Memorial, Spanish Town,
Jamaica......................
Government House, Trinidad
II The Savannah and Queen’s Park,
Trinidad
[--'''The Maraval Road, Trinidad
L-'"Climbing a Cocoa-nut Palm
The Pitch Lake at La Brea, Trinidad
The Promontory of St. George’s,
Grenada . . . .
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“...arranged for two
cruises in the Moltke (13,000 tons) from New York to
the West Indies and Spanish Main, on January 17
and February 19, 1910.
In Barbados the Crane Hotel has been reopened
(Pension 8s. 4d. to 10s. 6d. per day) and the Crane
House Hotel closed. In British Guiana Mrs. Forbes’s
lodgings are closed, but good accommodation can be
obtained at Mrs. Stephenson’s in Main Street. The
following hotels anrl boarding houses in Jamaica
should be removed from the list on pages 107-109:
Myrtle Bank, Park Lodge, Harrison, Seville; and the
undermentioned added:
Blue Mountains
Port Antonio
St. Ann's Bay
Montego Bay
Black River
Mandeville
Chester Vale (paying guests
received).
Waverley Hotel.
Hotel Osborne. St. Ann’s Bay
Hotel.
Spring Hill Hotel.
Shearer's Boarding House.
Bloomfield Hotel and the King
Edward Hotel.
In Trinidad Mrs. George Wilson’s and Mrs. Rice’s
lodgings are closed, but Mrs. Brvant keeps a com-
fortable Boarding House'at Oueen’sPark. W. Mrs.
Ogilyy’s Hotel in Dominica is closed....”
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“...Shipping and Trading Co., Ltd., 29 Broadway, Araenca-
New York; Richmond Street, Trinidad; Head
Office, 62 Buchanan Street, Glasgow). The
vessels of this line, which have excellent accom-
modation for travellers, leave New York every
twelve days for Grenada, Trinidad, and Tobago,
and vice versa. Rates of passage: single fare,
$50 G£IO> 8s. 4d.) to I65 (^13, 1 os. rod.);
return fare, $87^ (;£i8, 4s. 7d.) to $250
(^52, is. 8d.). A special round tourist ticket,
including seven days’ stay at the Queen’s Park
Hotel, Trinidad, is issued for $123 (f26, os. iod.).
The passage occupies about eight days. Steamers:
Maracas, 3500 tons; Grenada, 3000 tons, and
Maraval, 3000 tons.
The United Fruit Company (131 State Street,
Boston, U.S.A.). Steamers of this line leave
Boston (Long Wharf) and Baltimore every
Wednesday at 10 a.m., and Philadelphia every
Thursday at 10 a.m., for Port Antonio, Jamaica.
Distance, from Boston, 1588 miles—time, four
and a half days; from Philadelphia, 1392 miles
and four days. Single...”
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“...Similarly on several days there is an
afternoon train, and every week day an early
morning train from St. Andrew’s to Bridgetown.
The following is a list of the fares (there are 1st
and 3rd classes, but no 2nd class) and stations,
with their distance from Bridgetown :—
Stations. Miles from Fares.
Bridgetown. 1st Class. 3rd Class.
Bridgetown . s. d. s. d.
Kingston Woods Halt. ... ...
Rouen Valley Halt 0 3 0 1$
Bulkeley 0 6 0 3
Windsor 0 9 0 4
Carrington . 81 1 0 0 6
Sunbury 9Ï 1 3 0 7
Bushy Park . II 1 6 0 8
Three Houses I2f i 9 0 8
College Siding Halt
Bath .... 15Ï 2 0 0 10
Martin's Bay Halt Bathsheba . 19I 2 6 1 0
Joe's River Halt .
St. Andrew’s 24 2 6 1 0
At the “ Halts,” trains stop to set down passengers on notice
being given to the guard, and passengers may also be taken up
£...”
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at these places. Fares to and from the ■* Halts ” are the same
as those to and from the next station. Thus passengers from
Bridgetown to College Siding pay Bath fares. Same day return
trips from Bridgetown to Bathsheba can be made on Sundays,
and on the days on which the early morning train is run.
When the Crane Hotel is open, a branch line from Bushy Park
to the Crane can be worked for passenger traffic.
Boats. The tariff for boats in Carlisle Bay is: from
the wharf to any vessel, is.; with one or two
passengers and return, including a wait of a
quarter of an hour, is. 8d., or with detention of
half an hour, 2s. Between sunset and sunrise the
boatmen may charge double fares.
Sports. There are many Cricket Clubs, including the
Cricket. Wanderers, the Pickwick, the Windward, and the
Spartans. The Lodge School and Harrison s
College also have clubs. Nearly every house
in town and country has a well-kept lawn, where
Tennis, either tennis or croquet is played. There...”
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“...Livery Stables
Co., instead of keeping their own. Terms: pair-
horse carriages, 7s. 6d. first hour, 5s. per hour Carriages,
after. Single carriage, 4s. first hour, 3s. 4d. per
hour after. Bicycles can be hired for £2 per Cycles,
month. The Demerara Railway Company, Ltd., Railway,
has two railways in the colony, namely, the
Demerara and Berbice Railway, which runs along
the east coast from Georgetown to Rosignol
(3| hours), and the West Coast Railway, which
runs along the west coast to Greenwich Park ^
(45 min.). The following are the names of the
stations, their distance from Georgetown, and the
fares:—
Demerara and Berbice Railway
Distance from Georgetown. Fares from Georgetown.
1st Single. 2nd Single.
Miles. Cents. Cents.
Georgetown .
Kitty . if 12 *6
Plaisance Sa 28 14
Beterverwagting 7I 40 20
Buxton . . ip io5 56 28
Nonpareil*
Enmore . »3i 68 34
Golden Grove*
Belfield . lsl èo 40
Clonbrook i7è 88 44
Mahaica. 2Ii 108 54
De Kinderen* 28 140 70
Mahaicony 3* 160 80
Belladrum...”
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First class return tickets are issued at single fare
and one-third,
to Monday.
pecial arrangements for Saturday
West Coast Railway
Distance from George- town. Fares from Georgetown.
1st Single. 1st Return. 2nd Single.
Miles. Cents. Cents. Cents.
Vreed-en-Hoop . ...
Windsor Forest*
Den Amstel* 32 42 16
Hague 3* 42 16
Leonora 4 42 56 20
Uitvlugt* .
Boeraserie . 12 56 74 28
TusgJjgn 13J 60 80
Greenwich Park. is 72 96 36
* Trains stop at these stations by signal, or on informing
the conductor at the preceding station. The fare from the
preceding station is charged. On the Demerara and Berbice
Railway passengers may be taken up or set down at any of the
customary side lines, namely, Success, La Bonne Intention,
Mon Repos, Lusignan, and Hope, on payment of an extra fare
of 48 cents for each stop outside the station.
Ferries. Ferry-boats cross the Demerara River between
Georgetown and Vreed-en-Hoop at frequent in-
tervals—Fares: 1st class, 12 cents;...”
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and is excellently managed—Pension 12 s. per
day. Park Lodge Hotel, in Victoria Avenue, and
Knutsford Park, on the Half-Way Tree Road (both
belonging to Mrs. Austin)—R. 3s., B. 3s., L. 2s. 6d.,
D. 4S., Pension £3, 3s. per week. There are
also plenty of lodgings to be had at prices varying
from 15s. to £2, ios. per week.
Bowden. Bowden.—Peak View Cottages, belonging to
the United Fruit Co., are open during the season
only R. 4s., B. 2s. 6d., L. 2s., D. 3s., Pension
£3< !°s. per week.
Bath.—Miss Lucretia Duffy’s lodgings—R. 3s.,
Pension £2, 10s. per week.
Port
Antonio.
Port Antonio.—The Titchfield Hotel of the
.*^,rUnited Fruit Co. is the largest hotel in the West
/(/t/ Indies—R. 8s., Pension £1, os. iod. per day. The
St. Ann's
Bay.
^^err^S'ri^on affords good accommodation.
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St. Ann’s Bay.—Seville Hotel, Mrs. A. Harris’
lodgings—Pension 12 s. per day.
Moneague^ MoNEAGUE.—Moneaj?ue Hotel■ about 800 feet
-^^above the sea—R. 4s., Pension £3>...”
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“...Montego Bay Line
Miles from Kingston. Fai 1st Class. •es. 3rd Class.
s, d. 5. d.
Kingston . ... ...
Gregory Park . 62 I O' 0 6
Grange Lane . 9 1 6 0 9
Spanish Town . ni 2 0
Hartlands . 15 2 9 i 3
Bushy Park 20 3 3 i 9
Old Harbour 22? 4 0 2 0
May Pen . 32J S 0 2 9
Four Paths 37 5 6 3 0
Clarendon Park 42J 6 0 3 6
Porus 46J 7 0 4 0
Williamsfield S3. 8 0 4 6
Kendal 54I 8 6 4 9
Greenvale . 61J 9 0 S 0
Balaclava . 70S 10 6 S 6
Appleton . l6§ 12 0 6 0
Ipswich . «si 13 0 7 0
Catadupa . 94 14 6 7 9
Cambridge 97§ IS O 8 0
Montpelier I02j IS 0
Anchovy . i°S4 IS 0 8 0
Montego Bay . II2f IS 0 8 0
Port Antonio Line
Miles from Fares.
Kingston. 1st Class. 2nd Class.
Kingston . s, d. s. d.
Bog Walk. 20J 3 6 i 9
Riversdale. 2ó| 4 6 2 3
Troja . . . 3°| S 0 2 6
Richmond. 3SÏ 6 0 3 0
Albany 42 7 0 3 6
Annotto Bay 49Ï 8 3 4 3
Buff Bay . I8? 9 6 4 9
Orange Bay 6if 10 0 S 0
Hope Bay . 66 11 0 5 6
St. Margaret’s Bay . 6gj 11 6 S 9
Port Antonio 75* 12 0
Ewarton Brat Kingston . . . 1" ch*
Linstead ....”
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“...concession was confirmed by the Peace of
Amiens in 1802.
Trinidad, with which the neighbouring island, Constitu-
Tobago, is now incorporated, is a Crown Colony.
The government is administered by a Governor,
with an Executive Council of six members. There
is also a Legislative Council, consisting of ten
officials, and of such other unofficial members as
the Governor may appoint. These unofficial
members hold their seats for five years, and are
at present eleven in number.
Port of Spain. — The Queen's Park Hotel, Hotels,
situated on the south and breezy side 01 rne
Savannah, is quite one of the best in the West
Indies—R. L. A. 6s. 3d. and upwards, Pension
12s. 6d. per day. The Family Hotel, Marine
Square—R. L. A. 5s. per day, Pension 8s. 4d.
The Hotel de Paris, also in Marine Square—R. L....”
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neighbourhood in a very short time. The routes
are as follows:—
■ i. From the railway station via Charlotte Street,
Park Street, and Tragarate Road westward
to Four Roads. Fare for the whole dis-
tance, 4d. by ticket, or 6d. cash.
2. From the railway station via St. Vincent
Street, Park Street, St. Ann’s Road, and
thence through Belmont. Fare, 2d. by
ticket, or 3d. cash.
3. From the railway station via Frederick Street,
then along the east side of the Savannah,
going northward into St. Ann’s Valley.
Fare, 2d. by ticket, or 3d. cash.
4. From the railway station via Frederick Street,
entering the Savannah, and skirting the
southern and western ends of it as far as
the Maraval corner. Fare, 2d. by ticket,
or 3d. cash.
5. The “Belt” route, round the Savannah.
Fare, 2d. by ticket, or 3d. cash.
Tickets are purchasable at the Transfer Station,
Park Street, or from the car conductors, at the
rate of six for is. Passengers travelling without
tickets must pay 3d. a journey, but any...”
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“... whence smaller boats convey
such passengers as may desire to proceed farther
to the upper reaches of the river.
Cricket is deservedly popular. The Queen’s Sports.
Park Cricket Club, which has a membership of Cricket.
400, occupies a large enclosed ground beautifully
situated, with an extensive pavilion and visitors’
stand. The club, of which the Governor is pre-
sident, also affords opportunities for tennis, boxing,
and athletics. The Trinidad Turf Club holds race Racing,
meetings at midsummer and in December, which
attract very large crowds to the picturesque course
on the Savannah. Several minor meetings are
held in the country during the year, one always
taking place between Christmas and New Year’s
Day; apart from the very fair sport to be enjoyed,
the assemblage of so many races in quaint cos-
tumes in the Queen’s Park is a sight well worth
seeing. The members of the Trinidad Polo Club Polo,
play twice a week on the Savannah, and are “ at
home” to visitors on the second day. The St...”
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Football
Tennis.
Social
Clubs.
tinuously during the cooler '“months; while for
votaries of tennis there is the Tranquillity Tennis
Club, which has courts near the Queen’s Park
Hotel. Bathing, tarpon and other kinds of fish-
ing, cycling, and sailing can also be indulged in.
There are two excellent social clubs, the Union
in Marine Square in the town, and the Savannah
in the position indicated by its name, to which
visitors are admitted on introduction by members.
The Public Library, established in 1851, occupies
a handsome building which was opened in 1902
in Brunswick Square. It possesses a small but
interesting museum. There is a large and well-
stocked free reading room, and a library contain-
ing 20,000 volumes, which is open daily (Sundays
excepted) from 8 a.m. till 9 p.m. Subscription,
12S. or £1 per annum, for two or four volumes,
payable yearly, quarterly, or monthly.
I Principal There is a great deal to be seen in Port of
* B‘ Spain and the neighbourhood...”
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citizens, Mr. Hipolite Borde. Port of Spain has
excellent stores, as the shops are called, built
of stone or concrete, with lantern roofs and orna-
mental iron galleries, and every conceivable
necessity of life can be obtained in Frederick
Street and Marine Square. The General Post
Office in St. Vincent Street is open from 7 a.m.
to 4 p.m. ; on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to noon;
and on Sundays and public holidays from 7 a.m.
to 8 p.m. The Savannah, known as Queen’s
Park, an extensive open space of nearly 130 acres,
is the centre of life in Trinidad, round which
is the fashionable residential quarter. It has few
trees except round the edge, but a clump of cabbage
palms popularly known as the Seven Sisters forms
a particularly noticeable feature. The Savannah
is covered with grass, on which golf, polo, base-
ball, football, and other games are played. It
is here also that the racecourse, with its stands,
is situated. This pleasure ground, round the
inside of which...”
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“...commemorate
Queen Victoria’s Jubilee, and opened in 1892.
It was considerably enlarged in 1901, and now
j contains an interesting museum of local products
• in addition to lecture rooms, reading rooms, and
an entertainment hall.
Queen’s Queen’s Royal College, on the west side of
CoUege. Queen’s Park, is a very handsome building,
designed and built by the Public Works Depart-
ment of Trinidad, to which it does infinite credit.
It was opened on March 24, 1904, by the then
Governor, Sir Alfred Moloney. The college,
whose students vary in age from nine to twenty
years, has a spacious lecture hall and several class-
St. Clair rooms. The St Clair Experiment Station, near
!uuio™ent the ground of the Queen’s Park Cricket. Club,
also deserves a visit, and a delightful afternoon
drive may be taken through Cocorite to the
Reformatory and back along the coast, afford-
ing a fine view of the sunset over the Five
Maraval Islands. The Maraval Reservoirs (4J miles
Reservoirs^rom port Qf gpah,^ which are the...”
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“...Baggage, 3d. per
package. There are two livery stables—A. H.
Spence’s and G. P. Bullock’s—and an order by
telephone from the police barracks, opposite the
landing-stage, brings riding horses or single or
double buggies in a few minutes. Riding animals
can be had from 4s. 2d. upwards, and buggies
from 6s., according to time and distance. Rowing
boats to visit the leeward parts of the island, or
for sea fishing excursions, can always be obtained
at reasonable rates.
Cricket is played in the Victoria Park, and a
game can generally be had by visitors. There is
a tennis club with courts in the Government
Office grounds, to which visitors are admitted.
Sea bathing can be indulged in at several spots,
notably off the Villa estate, about two miles from
Kingstown. Good sea fishing is obtainable off
Kingstown and other places near by.
The Kingstown Club welcomes visitors who
are introduced by members.
Kingstown, which nestles at the foot of the
mountains on the south-west of St. Vincent, is
one of the...”
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Sports. There is a good cricket ground (Victoria Park)
Cricket, with two cricket and two tennis clubs, and there
Tennis, are also good courts at Government House and
Racing, at several private houses. A racing association
holds two meetings a year at “ Choc ” near Castries,
the principal races taking place early in March.
Fishing. Some fair sea fishing can be obtained from boats
and from rocks all round the coast; this form of
sport is more pleasant in the evening or night
than during the day. A little river fishing is also
obtainable with a light rod and ground cock-
roaches for bait, the principal fish being small
river mullet which weigh about half a pound.
Cul de Sac and Soufrière rivers are the most
easily accessible, the fishing being somewhat
Shooting, better in the latter. There is some pigeon and
dove shooting to be had in the forests and in the
Vieuxfort swamps, but for the former sport it is
necessary to sleep near the feeding grounds of the
birds...”
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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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“...island, and railways to all the larger towns. San
Juan enjoys a service of electric cars, which also
run through the suburbs of Santurce and Rio
Piedras. Ponce also has an electric service, and
is now connected with San Juan by railway.
Since American occupation baseball has been Sports,
played, but the opportunities for those with an
athletic disposition are less than in most other
islands in the West Indies.
In addition to the Spanish Club in San Juan, Social
there is the Country Club near the Park, and the clubB'...”
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