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“...and longitude 720 40'
and 790 5' W., they extend from off the coast of Florida
to the north of Haiti, and include twenty-nine inhabited
islands and over 3,000 islets and rocks. The principal
islands are: New Providence (in which is Nassau, the
capital), Abaco, Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Inagua,
Long Cay, the Biminis, Cat Island, Ragged Island, Rum
Cay, Exuma, Long Island, and San Salvador, or Wat-
ling’s Island, all of which are Ports of Entry; and
Grand Bahama, Crooked Island, Acklin Island, Maya-
guana, the Berry Islands, and Andros. Their popu-
lation is 58,101.
The large islands are for the most part situated on the
eastern edge of the plateau on which the archipelago
rests, and rise precipitously from great depths of ocean
averaging between 2,000 and 2,700 fathoms within a mile
from the shore. On the west there is a vast submerged
bank stretching from the Gulf Stream to within a few
miles of the coast of Cuba over which the depth of water
rarely exceeds four fathoms. On the south,...”
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“...BRITISH HONDURAS
395
and brick and standing on a stone-faced platform, are
preserved as historic monuments. They have been
identified as relics of the ancient Maya civilisation and
are now the subject of investigation by experts of the
British Museum. In the Cayo district, near Benque
Viejo, there are some interesting ruins. Here there
is a three-storied temple, the ground floor of which is
still in a good state of preservation. Near it is a fine
sculptured stele. An account of these ancient remains
is given in the British Colonial Report, Miscellaneous
[Cd 6428], published in 1921....”
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“...Marti, José, 339. 347
Martinique, 306-13
Accommodation in, 307
Area, situation and popu-
lation, 306
Books on, 17
Captured by English, 307
Climate, 306
Communications, 307
Constitution, 307
History, 306
Industries, 306
Mason Hall, 148
Massecuite, 437
Matanzas, 339, 341, 352
Matelot, 142
Matthew, Governor, 208
Matura Bay, 136
Maurice, Lieut. J. W.,' defen-
der of Diamond Rock,
180, 313
Mavis Bank, 274
May, Rev. William, 264
Mayaguana, 59
Mayagüez, 325, 327, 328, 329,
33*
Mayaro Bay, 136, 142, 443
Maya ruins in British Hon-
' duras, 395
May Day Mountains, 284
“ May Dust,” 71, 194
May Pen, 255, 256, 283
Mayreau, 182
Mazan, Don José, 133
Mazaruni River, 369, 370, 373,
383
Meadows, General, 174, r75
“ Mean Whites,” 9
Megatherium, the, in Guade-
loupe, 3
Melville, Governor R., 158
Mercedita sugar refinery, 326
Merlin, H.M. sloop, 390
Mermaid’s Pool, 67
Merrifield, Ralph, 215
Merrimac, battleship, 340, 356
Merrimac Co., 443
Merwar’s Hope, 215
Messervy, Mr. C., 172
Metcalfe, Sir Charles, 260, 273...”
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