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“...GENERAL INFORMATION 9 each slave owner was compelled to employ a certain number of white servants to serve in the militia, and these men helped to swell it, while Oliver Cromwell sent out many Irish prisoners, notably to Nevis and Montserrat; and Barbados received an influx of Royalists during the Commonwealth. Many English gentlemen, 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 price of 1,500 lb. of sugar per man! Later some hundreds of the followers of Monmouth, tried at the Bloody Assize, were sent to Barbados by Judge Jeffries in 1685, after the Battle of Sedgemoor. Their descendants, known as “ mean whites ” and “ red legs,” are still found there. At the close of the American Revolution many loyalists emigrated from America tq the West Indies with their slaves. Jamaica and the Bahamas were particularly favoured, and it is estimated that the latter islands gained from 6,000 to 7,000 new inhabitants between...”
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“...and was boarded three times : And the sun went down, and the stars came out far over the summer sea. But never a moment ceased the fight of the one and the fifty- three. Ship after ship, the whole night long, their high-built galleons c&m6| Ship after ship, the whole night long, with her battle-thunder and flame. Here it was that Sir Richard, shot through the head and body, having been carried by the stately Spanish men to their flagship, said : I have fought for Queen and Faith like a valiant man and true . . . With a joyful spirit I Sir Richard Grenville die 1 The Azores consist of three distinct groups of islands, which are connected by wireless telegraphy. To the south-east are St. Michael’s and Sta. Maria; in the centre, Fayal, Pico, Sao Jorge, Terceira, and Graciosa, and to the north-west, Flores and Corvo. The most important trade centre is Ponta Delgada (the sharp point), capital of St. Michael’s, the principal island. This town, which for size ranks third amongst the cities of Portugal...”
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“...Hole, another interesting cave .over .which the road passes, and proceeding farther one comes to the famous Walsingham Caves, which well repay a visit. It was at Walsingham that Ireland’s poet, Tom Moore, resided for a few months when he was Registrar of the Vice- Admiralty Court. A facsimile of his house was erected at Wembley to accommodate the Bermuda exhibits at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 and 1925. Tom Moore did not remain long in the islands, but delegated his duties to another man. The poet’s calabash tree is also pointed out to visitors. ■ Near the house are the Leamington Caves, and a little farther on the Crystal Caves, perhaps the finest in the island. In the same neighbourhood there are also the scarcely less famous Fern Caves, the Blue Hole, and Castle Grotto, all of which should be inspected. The South Road eventually joins the North in the neighbourhood of the Causeway. Until 1871 com- munication with the island of St. George’s could only be effected by ferry from...”
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“...miles; 1 hoür by motor-car, from Bridgetown) stands at a short distance from thé edge of a cliff 824 feet high, commanding an extensive view of the coral-fringed Windward Coast. In the churchyard is pointed out the tomb of Ferdinando Paleologus, descendant of the last Christian Emperor of that name, who was driven from Constantinople by the Turks. Ferdinando was the son of Theodoro Paleologus (who was buried at Llandulph in Cornwall) by his wife, Mary Balls, and he was successively vestry-man, sides- man, churchwarden, and trustee of St. John’s Church in the seventeenth century. The tradition of the death and burial of a Greek prince was for many years current in Barbados; and when the Church of St. John was. destroyed by the hurricane of 1831, the coffin of Fer- dinando Paleologus was discovered in the vault of Sir Peter Colleton under the organ loft. The remains were reinterred in a vault belonging to one JoSiah Heath, in 1906, and a memorial stone was erected by public subscription to...”
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“...black and white marble steps, and is surmounted by battlements. The walls are immensely thick, and well calculated to withstand hurricanes. In 1831 the out- side of the house was being repaired when it was struck by the terrific cyclone of August nth, and though the scaffolding was carried off by the force of the wind and deposited in the mill-yard of the Three Houses Estate, three miles away, the building was uninjured. The chief features of the interior are the handsome plaster- work ceilings. A man named Warren was brought out to do the work in the days of slavery as a militiaman, when the planters were bound by law to leaven their holding of blacks with a certain number of white men....”
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“...TRINIDAD English Miles County Boundaries Ward Railway" Roads £a\eva?x o c o % \ DRAGONS MOUTHS ^ A0 .1.. „ \. , «• '' ?ux\\.a de ?av\a r*~r' \\ m atur a. JPft# w^NCfSEy £ A. J"/ V\ V-Witura I S B »i la Ian dra Bay V E N ^ - ■ mimm Matura I iONI: r.,\y^w. 8T-W '4'~Trac/?.aro V: /; ■ >>• Thofi^Sro.yv\ ^ lAanxam\\a?x Man. amlla Bay '—~? Rafael i?t Giles or , •c?Melville lds /lfa0 Wjf, rlotteville ‘ÖffÖV'! PARIA Cle*to O nitlW'8 Plymouth BuccooB Cana Sanity ***** Vo,nWa? Wtt4jwtem5f///|- ' ^ Radv»^ TOBAGO °° on same scale San Fernando Fonro'se nee 1,8f^ ^^^NArai?i'ma'' (f f 01* TO I i-.y3 VtgT9KIA *«**., \.6 oFy^b%d/r-----, -----vki mA La Br i MAYARO ?Hoctu\ 4_______jv---------trinity', ■f; m o A u g a_4 a' ii '.f ^Ki-A BREA ST PATp G>a\eo\.a ?x .--CtDROS \ ____j Cedro \ tacos?'- Sifton, Praed & Co. Ltd.. S? James's St. London S. IV. ■...”
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“...Scarborough (population 773), the capital of Tobago, formerly called Port Loins, is situated at the south of the island, about eight miles irom the south- west point. The only other town is Plymouth, ready a village (population 763), on the north side, live miles from Scarborough. The principal villages are Roxburgh in the Windward district and Moriah in the northern. Around the coast there are many excellent bays, most of which are well sheltered and afford sale 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! INDUSTRIES. The soil of Tobago is fertile, although thin on the cleared hills in the southern portion, and capa-ble of producing a great variety of tropical products The principal crop was formerly sugar, but this was almost abandoned owing to the competition of bounty-fed beet sugar. New European settlers were attracted who planted cacao, coco-nuts, rubber, etc. and large areas were...”
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“...provide for the well-being of the birds. The island is about a mile long and has a total area of about 400 or 500 acres. It is clothed with dense tropical vegetation from the water side to the summit of its hills, which rise to a height of 490 feet above the sea level. It was once the home of an old hermit named Mitchell, who was marooned upon it. The descendants of the fowls which he kept are still to be found in the island in a wild state. The scenery on the north side of Tobago is very imposing. Man-o’-War Bay, on the shore of which is the village of Charlotteville, nestling at the foot of the hills, should be visited. A minor inlet bears the suggestive name of Pirate’s Bay. From Charlotteville a bridle track runs west to Castara, which is linked by driving roads to Plymouth and Scarborough. Writing of Tobago in 1683, Captain John Poyntz said : Thou art here presented with The Present Prospect of the Island of Tobago, about forty Leagues distant from Barbadoes ; but far excelling that Island...”
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“...GRENADA 153 called Grand Carenage, adjoining Harvey Vale Bay, is famed for its oysters which grow on the roots of man, grove trees. Grenada’s other dependencies are Diamond Island, or “ Kick-em-Jenny,” as it is popularly called ; Islet Ronde, Les Tantes, Isle de Caille, and Levera, Green, Bird, Conference, Marquis, Bacolet, Adam, Cali- viny, Hog and Glover islands; while round Carriacou there are Petit Martinique—so called because the French found snakes there similar to those in its larger name- sake—Petit Tobago and Saline, Frigate, Large, Mabouya, Sandy and Jack Adam islands. " Kick-em-Jenny ” in particular is generally pointed out to visitors owing to its peculiar name, which is probably a corruption of “ Cay qui gêne,” the cay or island which bothers one ; for the sea is often very rough in the neighbourhood. INDUSTRIES. Grenada is entirely dependent for its pros- perity on agriculture. Sugar was once its staple, but the production of that commodity is now insufficient to meet local...”
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“...founded the colony. The settlers, who were at first well received, soon quarrelled with the Caribs ; but with the aid of reinforcements from Martinique, the Indians were exterminated. On the northern coast the Mome des Sauteurs is still shown, where many of the Caribs leapt into the sea in order to escape from their enemies. Du Parquet, now in full possession of the island, did not find it profitable, and so in 1656 he sold it to Count de Cerillac for about £1,890. The latter appointed as Governor a man " of brutal manner/* 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 one of beheading, but no skilful executioner being available, he was at last shot at the summit of the hill on the Grand Etang road. De Cerillac sold the island in 1664 to the French West India Company, and on the dissolution of that organisation at the end of the year 1674 it passed to the French...”
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“...praying. Not a word was exchanged among us , we all knew an attack from that quarter must fad of success, which would not only prolong our misery, but endanger our lives. The door was opened ; two men appeared with hammers to take the prisoners out of stocks. Those who were not in con- finement were ordered to go out . ■ . He (Fédon) began the bloody massacre in presence of his wife and daughters who remained there, unfeeling spectators of his horrid barbarity. He eave the word Feu himself to every man as soon as he came out ? and, of fifty-one prisoners, only Parson M Mahon, Mr. Kerr, and myself were saved. At Charlotte Town, or Gouyave (population 1,927) on the leeward coast, about twelve miles to the north of St. George’s by road (i| hours by motor-boat or one hour by motor-car—see page 155), a flourishing system of peasant proprietorship can be seen in o^ration. Attempts have been made in the other islands to settle the people on the land, but nowhere have they proved on successful us in...”
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“...which form prominent landmarks on the leeward coast. Some writers have stated that the Gros Piton resembles the main peak of the Canigou, near Arles in the Pyrenees; but unlike the St. Lucia peaks, that moun- tain is quite destitute of verdure and rises to a far greater height. The Gros Piton is certainly not unlike the Pic du Midi. It is said to be 2,619 feet high, and the Petit Piton 2,461 feet. The Gros Piton is comparatively easy to climb, but untU 1878, the smaller Piton was uncon- quered by man. In that year a M. Lompré succeeded in ascending it, and it was ascended again in 1885 by Mr. Charles de Brettes, who two years later conducted the then Chief Justice, Dr. John W. Carrington, and a party to the summit. The start was made from the western extremity, which was reached by clambering over the rocks. The party began the ascent at 6.22 a.m. and at 7-J5 reached the Grande Ravine, a deep gorge running into the mountain. Thence the fine of ascent lay more along the side of the mountain...”
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“...ANTIGUA 203 1815, as the result of a carriage accident which the sculptor has graphically portrayed in basso rilievo. In the background is the animal, apparently of the cart-horse breed, scampering away with the broken shafts and traces hanging around him ; in the foreground, is the figure of a man, kneeling and supporting in his arms a female, whose listless posture portrays the dire event. The face of the female is well executed, the features expressing acute suffering, while they tell the hand of death is upon them ; but the figure is execrable in its proportions, the hand and arm being quite as large as the leg and foot of the man, if not larger.—Antigua and the Antiguans. Of the elaborate monument erected to the memory of Ralph Payne, Lord Lavington, Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1771 to 1774 and from 1779 to 1807, when lie died in Government House, only a few fragments remain. Lord Lavington, who was born in St. Kitts ind sat in five parliaments in England, was buried at tiis...”
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“...206 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES On the summit of Monks Hill, overlooking Falmouth, 1 stands the remains of Great George Fort, which covered 1 ten acres and mounted, according to Luffman, “ forty- I eight pounders, said to be the identical guns taken out of I the Fourdriaunt1 man-of-war, taken some years since I in these seas.” It was erected as a place of refuge for I women and children in case of siege. The works were I begun in 1689, and completed in 1705. The military I cemetery, which like others in the West Indies is badly I cared for, is of interest. The fort is used as a signal I station. Ships now very rarely visit English Harbour ; and the I dockyard, with its group of yellow, two-storied barracks I and stores with red roofs, though trim and tidy, is I deserted. For many years even the mail steamers have I forsaken the harbour for St. John’s. The two-storied I building with an cpen gallery and double flight of steps I was th.e Officers’ Quarters. Alongside them are the I seamen’s...”
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“...ST. CHRISTOPHER 223 pieces of heavy cannon and twenty-four large mortars was concentrated on a spot of ground not exceeding 200 Shards in diameter. Small wonder that the garrison, which displayed the greatest fortitude and patience, and lost only one man through desertion, was compelled to bapitulate, which it did on February 13th. It was accorded honours of war in the fullest sense, and every condition proposed, whether in favour of the garrison or the island of St. Kitts, was agreed to. The men of the tst Battalion of the Royal Scots and the flank companies Df the 15th Regiment (now the East Riding, Yorkshire Regiment) were sent to England pending their exchange, and the Marquis de Bouillé with his wonted magnanimity Absolved by a particular article, as “an avowed acknowledgment of their gallantry,” Governor Shirley and Brigadier-General Fraser from the condition of being considered prisoners of war. Governor Shirley was allowed to return to Antigua, and General Fraser to continue in...”
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“...Carribee Ieland & Cover® of y* Island of St Christ* who departed this LIFE ON IO OF March 1648. 8 e 1 1 1 First Read then weepe when thou art hereby taught That Warner lyes interr’d here, one that bought With losse of Noble bloud the Illustrious Name Of A Comander Greate in Acts of Fame. Traynd from his youth in Armes his Courage bold Attempted braue Exploites, and Vncontrold By fortunes fiercest frownes hee still gaue forth Large Narratiues of Military worth Written with his swords poynt but what is man In the midst of his glory and who can Secure this Life A moment since that hee Both by Sea and Land so long kept free At mortal stroakes at length did yeeld Grace to Conqueringe Death the field 1 .1 Fine Coronat. [The words and letters in italics, which are missing on the< tombstone, are from a copy of the inscription made in 1785 ini the Davy MSS.] St. Thomas is the parish church of Old Road. Every visitor to St. Kitts should endeavour to see the; sister island of Nevis, which can be reached by...”
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“...the Leprosie, and that one of the same persons now, or lately dwelt at Woolwich neere the River of Thames, by whom the truth may be knowne, if any man desire to be further satisfied therein. As for my own experience, although it was not much, yet the effects that I found it work both in my selfe, and other of my company in two dayes space, doe cause me to conceive the best of it. For at my coming thither, I was grievously vexed with an extreme cough, which I much feared would tume me to great harme, but bathing in the Bath, and drinking the water, I was speedily cured ; and ever since that time I have found the state of my body (I give God thankes for it) farre exceeding what it was before, in strength and health. In 1672, Richard Blome wrote of the springs as being “ much frequented for the curing of the several distempers of the Body of Man.” The Rev. Mr. Smith, in his “ Natural History of Nevis,” 1745, tells how it cured a negro boy of leprosy. “ Indeed, all distempered People, both Whites...”
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“...Jolly John.” Permission can readily be obtained to visit lime and cacao estates, and many profitable days can be spent by the more enterprising visitors in exploring the virgin forests which still cover a great part of this beautiful island. THE VIRGIN ISLANDS St. Ursula’s Archipelago It is related of a certain Cabinet Minister that when asked in the House of Commons, if he could state where the Virgin Islands were situated he replied that he could only say they were a long way from the Isle of Man ! This was substantially correct. Geographically the Virgin Islands consist of a group of islands and islets which lies in latitude 180 27' N. and longitude 64° 39' W., about 60 miles to the eastward of Porto Rico. The British Islands in this group include Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost van Dyke, Peter’s...”
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“...to neither of which it belongs at 14 was on this *2 ih t ^obert Jeffrey, an armourer’s mate of the nffiSlr! Rec'Ut*WaS marooned by his commanding officer. Captain the Hon. Warwick Lake, as a punishment for misdemeanours in December, 1807. After eight £:.dun^ whlch he managed to sustain life on a few lunpets and rainwater, he was picked up by an American ship and taken to Marblehead, Mass., where heTecured work as a smith Meanwhile the Commanderen Chfef had caused Sombrero to be searched for the man but it was not until 1810 that he was discovered inThe UffitVd States and brought to England in H.M.S. Thistle which was sent out specially to bring him home. Jeffrey received /fion™ “ ™.Sed jn the House of Commons; ment ifcmPen®atlon from the British Govem- CaPtam Lake was court martialled and dis- mLondon S6TCeK Jeffrey afterwards exhibited himself m London. Sombrero was once leased to a conmanv phosphates Of lime, but the lease ex^ pu-ed in 1893. On August 10th, 1904, an Order in SS Jaa daSte...”
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“...—Waller’s " Voyage in the West Indies, 1820.’’ Describing the amenities of these islands in The West India Committee Circular in 1921, Mr. John Levo wrote : One can imagine no better holiday for a fisherman than cruising in a motor-boat among the islands, with a tent for shore of nights, with food and conversation enriched from the day’s catch. It is a common occurrence here, bank-fishing off Peter Island, for the angler to catch his king-fish and then lose it again in the jaws of a shark. One man with a rod, and another with a gun, would make an effective combination, and give an additional zest to the sport. Good health, a perfect climate, a moderate and sure return for small capital and congenial work—all are to be experienced in a land so beautiful that to...”