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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 . . . . xi Frontispiece To face p. 56 n 56 A 99 57 , X 99 57 $ X 99 96 99 96 99 97 99 116 > x 99 116 S X 99 117 99 128 99 129 99 129 X 99 99 IS°\x 150 99 151 \Ma 99 172 99 172...”
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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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“...66 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES 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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“...86 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES 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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“...io8 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES 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. lyiUH/tUi H-dCiL j, n 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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“...THE WEST INDIES 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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“...vr 140 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES 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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“...House. 142 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES 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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“...-§ÊÈÊËÊÊk 'jKi.’»H’ .^>-:>|*.»/K ~PARK, TRINIDAD '] he maguiHcent playground of Port of Spain. XVI WgtjfjZ móé?*. Photo] LStephens Gr Scott THE MARAVAL ROAD, TRINIDAD Graceful bamboos shade this beautiful road. wm mLmrn éMiSsPMMm mm mmm mrnmm wm WMmm ■mm mm...”
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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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“...196 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES 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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“...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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“...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'...”