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“...following terms :
The ocean of deep sapphire suddenly changes to a lagoon of
emerald green surrounded by shores of snow-white coral sand.
Beyond, the white limestone houses of the town, intermingled
with groves of graceful palms, and half concealed by gorgeous
Poincianas, rise on a gentle slope against a sky of purest blue ;
and again, as one strolls along the clean white streets, a surprise
is m store at every turn ; now it is the graceful drooping bells of
the Datura, a little later the delicate perfume from a hedge of
Oleanders, in the distance the brilliant crown of a Poinciana ;
and in almost every garden the Bougainvillea can be seen in all
its glory.
Since the completion of improvements in 1928,
quite large steamers have been able to enter and turn...”
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