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“...and tourists therefore need feel no apprehension on this score. The West Indies are remarkably free from infectious diseases common in temperate climes, and also from those ailments which are commonly associated in the mind and body with an English winter. Many private houses and several hotels have swimming- baths, and in most residences there is a large bath in which natation is almost possible. There is generally a shower-bath also, and in British Guiana the use of the latter forms the most popular style of bathing....”
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“...to the climate, they are as a rule tough, except in the larger islands, in which supplies from the United States are obtainable. Chicken and guinea-fowl figure extensively on the menu, but, beyond these, a tropical table differs materially from one at home. This is chiefly the case in so far as concerns the fish and vegetables. Of the former there are the flying-fish—the dish par excellence of Barbados, and very good it is, too—snapper, snook, mullet and grouper, all of which are deservedly popular. Among the vegetables are yams—floury and soft to the palate—sweet pota- toes, tannias, eddoes, ochros—the pods of which, cooked like asparagus, are excellent—plantains, delicious when fried, cassava, Indian corn, papaw, pigeon peas, to mention a few only, while a capital salad is made from the heart of the lofty cabbage palm (Oreodoxa oleracea). It is, how- ever, at dessert that the greatest surprises are forthcoming. Bananas, both big (Gros Michel) and dwarf (Musa Cavendishii), are known at...”
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“...8 GUIDE TO THE WÉST INDIES of perfection. Oranges while actually green are exquisite, and the tangerine variety is infinitely better than any ever seen at home. The grafted mangoes, for which Jamaica is especially famous, are exquisitely delicate in flavour, while a sound Antigua pine-apple is something to dream about. It is not long before the visitor makes the ac- quaintance of some of the following fruits, which are among the most popular in the West Indies: custard, mammee and star apples, bread-fruit, bread-nuts, cashews, Barbados cherries, citrons, granadillas (the fruit of the passion flower), guavas, limes, mangoes, melons, Avocado pears, pome- granates, sapodillas, shaddocks, and sour sops. In Trinidad, the small oysters which adhere to the roots of the mangrove trees form a novelty, and should be asked for; while in British Guiana it would be rank heresy to ignore the famous “pepper-pot.” The ingredients of this savoury dish are, pork cut into small pieces and fried until brown...”
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“...just to pick up mails and passengers. The rate of passage from New York to any island is $40 (£8, 6s. 8d.), %° G£i°> 8s. 4d.), and $55 (^n, 9s. 2d.), accord-, ing to the accommodation, and to Demerara, $65 (£t-3> ios. rod.). For some special deck cabins there is an extra charge of $5 {£1, os. rod.). Return tickets are double the above rates. The s.s. Trinidad or the s.s. Pretoria sails every three weeks to Barbados direct, calling at the Islands to pick up produce on the voyage north. This is a popular passenger steamer, as it gives tourists an opportunity of making a quick but enjoyable trip to the tropics, and allows two nights and a day for tourists to go ashore at Barbados. Rate for the round trip $100 {£20, 16s. 8d.) to $I25 (£26, os. rod.). Fleet:—Pretoria, 3300 tons; Parima, 3000 tons; Korona, 3000 tons; Trinidad, 2500 tons, and Manoa, 3000 tons, for freight only. As the line is operated without any subsidy, it is largely dependent upon return freights for its existence. These freights...”
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“...centenary on October 21, i9°S> square was again the scene of great rejoicings. The statue was decorated with flowers by day and illuminated at night, and the populace celebrated the event in a suitable manner. The Anglican Cathedral, also built of coral rock, stands to the east of the Public Buildings. The excursions which can be made from Bridge- town are numerous, and except for the Wind- ward Coast, which merits a longer stay, all can be done in a day or less. Bathsheba (19I miles by train), a popular seaside resort, and Chalky Mount, both on the Windward Coast, are reached by the Barbados Light Railway. From Bath- sheba the Potteries can be visited. There the crude though picturesque earthenware “guglets,” “monkeys,” and “conerees,” as they are called, according to their shape, are fashioned by skilful negro artificers at their very primitive potter’s sheds. One of the most picturesque and at the same time most interesting spots in the island is Codrington College, which stands on the side...”
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“...Stabroek Market, Company’s Office, Church Street, Water Works, New North Road, New Garden Street, and vice versa. The cars run at intervals of fifteen minutes throughout the day, and stop at positions marked by poles painted white. The schedule of fares is : Single fare, 5 cents; tickets purchased in strips of three, 12 cents per strip; children’s tickets in strips of nine, 24 cents per strip. Special cars can be engaged for trolley parties for $2.50 per hour. Cricket, tennis and football are popular, the prin- Sports. 2nd Class. $0.16 0.32 0.48 0.64...”
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“...in Jamaica is Mr. E. A. H. Haggart, who has an office in Kingston. The fare round the island is only £3, first class. Sports. Cricket is king in Jamaica, and the cricket Cricket, dubs include Kingston, the Garrison, Melbourne, Fbotball. an<^ Lucas. Football also has its votaries in the Tennis, cooler months, and lawn tennis and croquet are played all the year round. Tennis tournaments, open to strangers if introduced, are held at the Polo. St. Andrew’s Club, at the Cross Roads. Polo is very popular, and is played weekly at the Camp and on the ground of the Kingston Polo Club. Golf. The links of the St. Andrew’s Golf Club adjoin the Constant Spring Hotel, for the visitors at which they are available. Yachting and rowing can be enjoyed in Kingston and other harbours. Shooting. There is fair sport in Jamaica for rod and gun. Blue pigeon, the bald-pate, the ring-tail pigeon, the white-wing, the pea-dove, the white-belly, and the partridge are the principal game-birds. The close time is from...”
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“...regular steamer communication with Tobago, a Steamers, coastal steamer running in connection with the mail steamers, and, to those wishing to see the Orinoco River, opportunity is afforded by the | n comfortable river boats of the Orinoco Steamship Comjpany, which connect at Port of Spain with the Royal Mail steamers, and proceed every week r to Ciudad Bolivar, 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...”
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“...XXII ppm:. \A. E. A spinaic A STREET IN ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA This picture shows the buggies, the popular form of conveyance in the West Indies. XXIII t"r I. V i%ö/o] [^. y. fVest A TYPICAL MARKET SCENE Bananas, plantains, yams, and ground provisions generally, are the principal articles sold....”
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“...ANGUILLA 229 tedium of the journey! The old Bath House TbeBath Hotel, near Charlestown, should certainly be 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...”
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“...from those having wares and produce to sell. Early in the morning, during market hours, the scène here is busy and exceedingly diverting. Near the mouth of the Roseau River there is The Sulphur also a fish market. The famous Sulphur Springs, Springs. which are said to afford a remarkable cure for rheumatism and aches and pains in general, are an hour’s ride from Roseau. The Water- The excursion to the Waterfalls, a ride of ij faUs> 1 hours, through the beautiful Roseau Valley, is deservedly popular. Another favourite expedi-...”
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“...king it contained several very valuable estates, and naturally a much larger population. For instance, at the beginning of this century it had about 3000 whites and free coloured persons, besides 2500 slaves, and this was its condition up to the time of emancipation. The “bay leaf” tree (Pimenta acrt's), the leaves of which are used in the manu- facture of that most agreeable toilet requisite known as bay-rum, of which there are several manufactories in St. Thomas, and which has be- come so popular throughout America, is a growth of this island. Notwithstanding the unimportance of the place, those who have a day or two to spare, and can enjoy a little boating as well as “ roughing it ” in the matter of accommodation, will find that a trip there will fully repay them. There is much fine scenery about St. John, and the island has a romantic side to its history, having enjoyed its own little slave insurrection in the old days long gone by. ST. CROIX Denmarks largest West Indian Island St....”
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“...can be carried. The Jamaica banana, which is the variety known Varieties of as the Gros Michel., is cut when the fruit is three- Bananas- quarters full, and consequently tourists must not expect to see the fruit growing on the trees in Jamaica of the familiar yellow colour, but quite green. In the United States the Jamaica banana is preferred to the smaller dwarf banana, com- monly known as the Canary banana (Musa Cavendishii), which is grown in Barbados, though the latter is at present more popular in England, | the reason probably being that the British public have become accustomed to the fruit from the j Canary Islands, which had been imported for I many years before the Jamaica variety was intro- duced. The two kinds of bananas were existing...”