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“...can be enjoyed at Macqueripe Bay on the north
coast, a drive of 11 miles from Port of Spain, where dressing-
rooms for bathers are provided ; and at Pointe Baleine on the
island of Gasparee, a drive of n or 12 miles and a journey of 1
mile by launch over the sheltered waters of the Gulf. At
Stauble’s Bay (12 miles from Port of Spain) there is a popular
Marine Club for bathing and dancing, and 2 miles farther on
at Teteron Bay there are bathing houses and a jetty. The
splendid open beaches at Balandra and Manzanilla Bays on
the East Coast within easy reach of Port of Spain by motor-car
are ideal for afternoon picnics and surf-bathing in the open
Atlantic ; but the currents are rather treacherous and bathers
should not go out far.
The Fishing in the neighbourhood of the Bocas is, at times,
excellent, and especially so when the tarpon and king-fish are
biting, while even when they are not the visitor who puts him-
self in the hands of an experienced local fisherman rarely returns...”
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“...136 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
town the road strikes north again, and, running in a
north-easterly direction., passes through Matura Village
and districts devoted to the cultivation of coco-nuts, to
Salybia and Balandra Bays near the northern end of the
East Coast or Bande de 1’Est. Here there are glorious
expanses of white sand from which delightful surf-
bathing can be enjoyed in the open Atlantic. The east
coast (see map, after p. 116) has three great bays, namely
those of Matura, Cocos, and Mayaro, each of which should
be visited if time permits. For the greater part of its
length the entire coast is fringed with coco-nut palms,
and it is said that the Cocal, as the coco-nut grove
between Manzanilla and Radix Points is called, owes its
origin to a French vessel laden with coco-nuts having
been wrecked there and to some of the nuts having been
washed ashore and having taken root. The north-east
trade-wind, fresh from across 3,900 miles of ocean, blows
uninterruptedly straight upon...”
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“...,
45. 86, 92, 107, 133, 140,
163
Bacon, John, R.A., his statu-
ary, 264, 276, 277, 278,
285
Bahamas, The, 50-70
Accommodation in, 62
and Turks Islands, 294
Area and situation, 59
Books on, 14
Climate, 61
Communications, 62
Constitution, 62
Development Board, 62, 70
History, 61
Industries, 60
“ Out Islands," 59, 70
Sea Gardens, 69
Sports, 63
Baie de Fort, 304
Baijer, Otto, 203
Bailey’s Bay, 53
Baily, E. H., sculptor, 260
Bains Jaunes, 301
Baker, Captain, 440
Balaclava, Jamaica, 255, 256,
284
Balandra Bay, 116, 136
Balata, 370, 442-3
Balata, la Montagne, 306, 309;
Balboa, 427, 432
Balboa, Vasco Nufiez de, dis- ■
coverer of the Pacific, 397,',
417-8. 432
Baleine Falls, St. Vincent, 196 :
Balliceaux, 182
Bamboo for paper-making, 135 j
Bananas, 22, 167, 253, 284,
389, 394. 4°5. 410. 440-1.
Bande de 1’Est, 136
Banking arrangements, 19
Banks, Sir Joseph, 187
Bannister, Major-General, 278 i
Barabara, the, 176
Barama River, 370
Barbados, 71-109
Accommodation in, 74
Area and situation, 71
Books on...”
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