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“...was inhabited by two distinct parties
of English and Dutch. They quarrelled, however, and the
Dutch were expelled. In 1650 the Knglish were defeated by
Spaniards, who in their turn yielded to one hundred and sixty
Frenchmen from St. Kitts. France entrusted the island to
the Knights of Malta in 1651, and in 1733 it was purchased by
King Christian VI of Denmark. In 1801 it was taken by the
En -lish, but restored to the Danes after a few months. Captured
again by the English under Sir Alexander Cochrane in 1807, it
remained British until 1814, when it was again handed to the
Danes.
ACCOMMODATION. At Coulter’s Hotel in Frederiksted and
Pentheny s Hotel in Christiansted, board and lodging can be had
for $3.00 (12s. 6d.) a day.
COMMUNICATIONS. There is regular weekly steamer com-
munication with St. Thomas by the Bull Insular House Line,
and schooner. The island is also on the route of steamers from
New York (see Appendix I). The roads of the island are good
and well suited for motorists and cyclists...”
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“...hurricane, was raised and retimbered, and
now plies as a mail and passenger vessel between St
Croix and the neighbouring islands. Visitors from
rredenksted should make arrangements for meals at
Christiansted by telephone beforehand.
ST. JOHN
A dependency of St. Thomas
ThiX Sn^U island of St- John—about three miles east
of St. Thomas—is controlled by the municipality of
that island, from which it is separated by Pillsbury
Sound It has an area of 21 square miles, and a popula-
hon of 918 only. The Danes took formal possession of
it in 1684, but it was not properly settled until 1716
when permission was given to sixteen of the inhabitants
of St. Thomas to cultivate the island. In the days when
sugar was king it contained several very valuable estates
and naturally a much larger population. Indeed at thé
beginning of last century it had about 3,000 whites and
pree coloured persons, besides 2,500 slaves, and this was
its condition up to ■ the time of emancipation. The
bay leaf ” tree {Pimenta acris)...”
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“...INDEX
476
Curasao, 186, 333-5
Curagao liqueur, 334
Curasaosche, Petroleum Maat-
' schappij, 335
Curieux, French corvette, 313
Currency, 18, 466
Customs duties, 36, 64
Cuyuni River, 369, 370, 383
A
Daaga, Mutineer chief, 131-3
Dabadie, 115
Dalling, Elizabeth, 269
Dalrymple, Major-General, 183
Damuji River, 355
Danes, the, sell their Virgin
Islands to United States,
314. 315
Danish West India and Guiana
Co., 315
Dardis, Michael, 234
Darien, 417
Darrell, Rev. J., 193
Darwent, Mr. Walter, 443
d’Aubigné, Fransoise, 309
" Dauntless Island,” 382
Davers, Admiral, 269
Davis, Bishop, 226
Davis, Mr. N. Darnell, 84
Davison, Newman & Co., 446
Davson, Sir Henry Katz, 380-1
Dawlish Bounce, 94
Dead-man’s Chest, 250
Deane, Richard, 105
Debé, 115
de Bellair, M., 158
de Bouillé, Marquis, 145, 174,
222, 225, 236, 337
Debray, Vital, sculptor, 309
de Brettes, Mr. C., 179
de Caillus, M., 159, 160
de Cerillac, Count, 154
de Choiseul, Due, 178
de Cordova, Fernandez, 427
de Crespigny, Captain, 272
de Enciso, Martin...”
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