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“...ar / I % i ••..<» ’ '•AiupoUa. 'man C^OTdi«flP‘ Jam ai ƒ /Ambergris Cay Trux£D .& (rran'gf i" 5 ¥ eTT7& ■■*................-i | ïvns'-1'" c a7r'&%oUVt , ÖM itw vidence I. Sicar»#S •eytown, -***9+1^ Gxilf of \ P an am a London : Edward Sta»*...”
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“...Dutch West India Mail Service, de Ruyter Newayorknd kade 125, Amsterdam), under contract with the Netherlands Government for the conveyance of mails. The steamers of this line sail from Amster- dam and New York every fortnight, the ports of call being Paramaribo (Dutch Guiana), George- town (Demerara), Trinidad, Venezuelan ports, Curasao, Jacmel (Hayti), Aux Cayes, Port au Prince (Hayti), New York, and vice versa. Fleet: — Prins der Nederlanden, 1923 tons; Prins Frederik Hendrik, 2164 tons; Prins Man- * rits, 1777 tons; Prins Willem I, 1765 tons; + + Prins Willem II., 1621 tons; Prins Willem III., 1664 tons; Prins Willem IV, 1713 tons, and Prins Willem V., 1777 tons....”
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“...GENERAL INFORMATION 33 “ I have fought for Queen and Faith like a valiant man and true; . . . With a joyful spirit I Sir Richard Grenville die.” After passing the Azores, awnings are put out, md the first touch of the tropics begins to make itself felt; cooler garments are donned, and the officers of the ship appear in white suits. Soon the Sargasso Sea is entered, and tourists will note, The probably for the first time, the remarkable Gulf l^8*80 weed, which floats in a vast eddy or central pool of the Atlantic between the Gulf Stream and the Equatorial current. It was on entering this sea that the crew of Columbus’ ship very nearly mutinied, believing as they did that their vessels had reached land, and were on the verge of running on the rocks, though really the ocean is here fully four miles deep. The origin of this mass of weed is not known, but it presumably was once attached to rocks, though it is now propagated as it floats on the surface. In colour, it is yellow, and it supports...”
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“...owner was compelled to employ a certain number of white servants to serve in the militia, and these men helped to swell the population, while Oliver Cromwell sent out many Irish prisoners, I notably to Nevis and Montserrat; and Barbados 1 received a large influx of Royalists at the time of the Commonwealth. Many English gentle- men, Royalist officers and divines, were sent out to the island and sold as slaves, and it is on record that a number changed hands at a cost of 1500 lbs. of sugar per man! Their descendants, known as “mean whites,” are still found there. Even the ubiquitous Teuton is not omitted from the list of those who have helped to populate the islands, for in 1840 Mr. King imported twenty- nine Germans into St. Lucia, while Syrians are also found in Jamaica. In conclusion, a word may be added about the term “Creole,” which is believed by those who have not visited the West Indies to apply to people of coloured descent This is not the case. A creole is any one actually born...”
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“...Propagation of the Gospel, in trust for the maintenance of a convenient number of pro- fessors and scholars, “ all of them to be under the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience; who shall be obliged to study and practice physic and chirurgery, as well as divinity; that by the apparent usefulness of the former to all mankind, they may both endear themselves to the people and have the better opportunities of doing good to men’s souls, whilst they are taking care of their bodies.” At that time the planta- tions were computed to yield a net income of £2000 clear of all charges. The erection of the college buildings was begun in 1716, and the masonry was finished in 1721; but it was many years before the college was completed, owing to a debt due to the Society from the estates, which was not cleared off until 1738. The stone used, which is a conglomerate of limestone, was taken from the hill behind the college, and the timber was brought at Government expense, in ships of the Royal Navy, from...”
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“...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, and it is recorded that it was filled with priceless china and Chippen- dale...”
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“...areas of cultivation are on the south side, on which the slopes of the hills are less steep than in the north. Scarborough (popula- tion 2500), the capital of Tobago, is situated at the south of the island, about 8 miles from the south-west point. The only other town is Plymouth, really only a village (population 1200), on the north side, 5 miles from Scarborough. Around the coast there are many excellent bays, most of which are well sheltered and afford safe anchorage with deep soundings. Indeed, Man- o’-War Bay, a very spacious harbour, is said to be capable of affording shelter to the whole of the British fleet! What is most wanted for Tobago is the introduction of capital and labour; given that, there would be no reason why this beautiful island should not regain a large portion at least of its former prosperity. The soil of Tobago is fertile and capable of industries, growing a variety of tropical products. Sugar is still the staple of the island, but cocoa, coffee, cocoa-nuts, and nutmegs...”
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“...GRENADA i65 man “of brutal manners,” who oppressed the colonists to such an extent that he was tried and condemned to be hanged. By pleading that he was of noble origin he managed, however, to get the sentence altered to beheading, but no skilful executioner being available, he was at last shot at the summit of the hill on the Grand Étang road. De Cerillac sold the island again in 1665 to the French West India Company, and on the dis- solution of that organisation at the end of the year 1674 it passed to the French Crown. It remained in the possession of France until 1762, when it capitulated to Great Britain, to whom it was formally ceded in the following year. In 1779 it: was recaptured by a French fleet under Count d’Estaing, but it was restored to Great Britain by the Treaty of Versailles of 1783. The year 1795 was a critical one in the history of Grenada. In that year the notorious French republican, Victor Hugues, made a determined effort to regain possession of the island by bring-...”
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“...the Italian Sauteurs. coast, are densely covered with verdure. Sauteurs, at the north of the island, is reached by coastal steamer (see above) in 3 or 4 hours. It is of interest as being the scene of the massacre of Carib Indians, of whom a number, pursued by the French under Le Compte, rushed up a narrow and difficult path known to them alone, and threw themselves over the edge of a cliff (Le Morne des Sauteurs, or The Leapers’ Hill) overlooking the bay, in 1650. The French, who only lost one man, then set fire to the cottages and rooted up the provisions of the Caribs, and, having de- stroyed or taken away everything belonging to them, returned, as Du Tertre naively describes Cocoa and it, “ bien joyeux.” A visit to a cocoa and a Estates, spice estate should on no account be omitted. If the visitor is not furnished with letters of in- troduction from England—which it is always desirable to have—he should seek the advice of the proprietor of the Home Hotel, who will always be found very...”
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“...ST. LUCIA 191 Year. Revenue. Eto”di‘ Imports. Exports. General. Bunker Coal. Total. ’ HI 1900 1901- 2 1902- 3 1903- 4 i9<>4-5 1905-6 £ 72,108 67.365 72.193 66,009 69,272 61,877 £ 64.75° 67,486 69,408 70,692 65,508 62,521 £ 4°3.597 302,652 326,324 351,086 370,706 285,986 £ 104,881 77.871 73.458 105,983 101,449 109,027 £ 124,555 110,196 84,295 63,506 70,581 102,626 £ 229,436 ' 188,067 j 157.753 169,489 1 172,030 1 211,653 as The principal exports in the year 1905-6 were follows:— Value. Sugar . . • • £45.163 Cocoa.......................38,041 St. Lucia is damp, and therefore less healthy climate, for Europeans than some of the neighbouring colonies. The temperature varies from 59° Fahr. to 95° Fahr., the coolest month being February, and the hottest July. The rainfall is between 80 and 100 inches per annum. The death rate is 20 per thousand. St. Lucia derives its name from the fact that it History, was discovered on St. Lucy’s Day, 13th December 1502. Its possession was a constant...”
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“...200 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES the base of the two conical mountains known as The Pitons. the Pitons or the Peaks, which form prominent landmarks on the leeward coast. The Gros Piton is said to be 2619 feet high, the Petit Piton 2461 feet. The Gros Piton is comparatively easy to ascend, but, until 1878, the smaller Piton was un- conquered by man. In that year, however, a Mr. Lompré succeeded in gaining its summit, and, shortly after, it was ascended by Chief Justice Carrington and a party. Local tradition relates that four English sailors once tried to climb the highest Piton. They were watched from below through a telescope, and one after the other dis- appeared. Half-way up one fell, a little higher another dropped, and then a third. It was sup- posed that they fell victims to the deadly Fer-de- lance snake, which once infested St. Lucia. nilond BetWeen St‘ Lucia and Martinique there stands Rock. an isolated rock, which rises sheer out of the water off the south coast of the latter island...”
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“...ANTIGUA 2 11 namesake the Evangelist. They were intended for Dominica, but the French vessel in which they were being conveyed to that island was captured by a British man-of-war, which brought them to Antigua, where they have since remained. They are now known to the negroes as Adam and Eve. The Cotton Factory is a drive of io or 15 minutes The Cottoh from St. John’s. Antigua is one of the centres of Factory- the revived cotton industry in the West Indies, and a visit to the factory during crop time, which extends from January to April or May, when the Sea Island cotton is being ginned, is worth making. The Central Sugar Factory at Gunthorpe’s is Gunthorpe’s about 3! miles from St. John’s. Wallings Re- Factory, servoir (4 hrs. there and back) is reached by car- riage. Fig Tree Hill (6 hrs. by way of Wallings, Fig Tree Claremont, and St. Mary’s) commands an exten- sive view of Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitts on a fine day. English Harbour (8 hrs. for the excursion) and English...”
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“...a ramble to the reservoir is interesting. The reservoir, which is built of solid masonry, provided an abundance of water for the garrison Monkey for many months. Monkey Hill is a small mountain a few miles from Basseterre, which re- Mount pays a visit. An excursion to Mount Misery, the Mlsery- extinct volcano which dominates St. Kitts, requires a full day. The descent into the crater can be made without danger. At the Weir, a short distance from Basseterre, monkey shooting can be indulged in. Man
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“...the certificate of Nelson’s marriage to Mrs. Nisbet, a resident of Nevis, is kept, is ij miles from Charlestown. The entry of the marriage certificate, which runs: “1787, March nth, Horatio Nelson, Esquire, Captain of His Majesty’s ship the Boreas, to Frances Herbert Nisbet, widow,” is shown to visitors. At the time of her wedding the bride was in her twenty-third year, and her late husband, a doctor, had been dead for eighteen months. The Duke of Clarence, afterwards King William IV., was best man at the wedding. The ruins of Montpelier, where the ceremony was performed, are also pointed out. The view from the church, over a wide expanse of sea, the town, and the whole length of St Kitts with St. Eustatius beyond, is very beautiful. A Round the drive round the island is to be recommended. The island» ^stance is 2o miles, and the time required from three to four hours. The road is excellent, and the views obtained en route surpassingly attractive. Mount The ascent of Mount Nevis, though ...”
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“...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, the most northerly of the Leeward General Islands, about 60 miles north-west of St. Kitts, has an area...”
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“...256 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES handles of glass, and other interesting relics of the disaster, are still to be found. On the hill above, the residents point with pride to a shrine of which, while the Cathedral perished and with other large buildings is now only a mass of writhen and blistered iron girders, the image and ***** cross were untouched by fire or ash. Of all those actually in St. Pierre only one man escaped, a criminal in the condemned cell. This building was situated with its back to the volcano, and, being of massive stone, with a grated window facing seaward, neither flame nor ash could enter. His escape was not for long, as the shock was so great that he died from it two days after he was rescued. The disaster has been graphically described by Mr. F. H. Watkins. St. Pierre, nearly a mile in length, lay to the north-east of the island, in a cup-shaped valley enclosed by well-defined spurs of hills running down to the sea. It contained a fine cathedral, a bishop’s palace, a ...”
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“...The chief settlement in the French portion is Marigot, and in the Dutch, Philippsburg. The population is 8724. The island was occupied by the French free- History, booters, and by the Spaniards between 1640 and 1648, in which year it was divided between the French and the Dutch. Regarding the origin of its joint ownership, the story is told that a Dutch- man and a Frenchman visited the island, and started to walk round it 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...”
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“...99 Lodgings. See Hotels London Line, the, 17 Long Bay, 73, 74 Longdenville, 137 Lord’s Castle, 73 1’Ouverture, Toussaint, 275-276 Lowman’s Village, 179 Lucea, 113, 114 Luggage, 27 Lyttelton, Governor William Henry, 123 Mabouya River, 189 McConnell, Mr. F. V., 99 Macusis, the, 41 Mafolie, 265, 266 Mahaut, 240 Mahogany, 253 Maintenon, Madame de, 252 Malaria, 6, 218, 232 Mallali, 87 Malvern, 109, 128 Mandeville, 109, 128 Mangrove Lagoon, 266 Manioc, 250 Manjak mines, 150 Manjak (glance) pitch, 59 Man-o’-War Bay, 153 Mara, 88, 89 Maracas Fall, the, 145, 146 Maraval reservoirs, 144 Marble Hill, 215 Marie Galante, 251 Marigot, 240, 245, 271 Marine Square, 141 Mark masonry, 48 Marlborough, Earl of, 60, 61 Maroons, 106 Martha Brae River, 101 Martinique, 3, 5, 182, 234, 238, 241, 252-260 Martinique, books on, 56 Martin’s Bay Halt, 65 Maurice, Lieut. J. W., 201 May Pen, 111 Meals, 10 " Mean Whites,” 46 Metcalfe, Sir Charles, 127 Minerals, 274 Molascuit, 79, 81 311 Molasses, 58, 59, 79, 81,132, 174...”