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“...in Barbuda (see above), off which island
tarpon fishing also gives good sport. A license
for deer costs j£i; and for other game, 10s.
The New Club, near Government House, “is
noted for its hospitality, and the principal London
papers and magazines can be seen at the Public
Library, which is situated in High Street, near
the landing-place.
The town of St. John’s, at the head of the
harbour of the same name, used to be defended
by Goat Hill Fort on the south, and on the north
by Fort James, while Rat Island, which is con-
nected with Antigua by a narrow isthmus, was
also fortified. The streets are very clean and the
houses are nearly all made of wood painted
a dazzling white. The Anglican Cathedral stands
on rising ground at the head of the town. It
is a handsome stone fabric, with a fagade ter-
minating at either end in octagonal domed towers,
and replaces an inferior building wrecked by
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“...Presbyterians, 47
Prince of Wales’ visits, 171, 215
Prince Rupert’s Bay, 235, 238,
245
Princes Town, 136, 137, 148
Puerto Rico, 2, 3, 43, 246, 265,
279-282
Puerto Rico, books on, 56
Quebec Steamship Company,
13. 24
Queen’s Park, 142
. Queen’s Royal College, 144
Quelch, Mr. J. J., 99
Rabaca River, 174
Ragged Point Light, 34, 74
Railway fares and distances—
Barbados, 65
British Guiana, 85, 86
Jamaica, 111
Trinidad, 137
Rainfall. See Climate
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 82, 134
Ramsay, Major-General G. W.,
210
Rat Island, 208
Rawle, Bishop, 70
Recketts, George Crawford, Ad-
vocate-General, 118
Red House, the, 140
Redonda, 2,203, 228
Reform, 137
Religious worship, provision for,
47
Revenge, H.M.S., historic engage-
ment of, 32
Rice, 80
Richmond, Jamaica, 111
Richmond Hill, 170
Rio Bueno, 113
Rio Cobre, 101, 123
Rio Piedras, 281
Riversdale, m, 245
Roadtown, 246
Roaring River Falls, 128
Robinson Crusoe, 152
Robinson Crusoe’s Cave, 159
Rockstone, 84, 87, 94
313
Rod dam, s.s,, at Martinique, 258
Rodney, Admiral...”
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