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“...particularly pleasant.
HEALTH. There are well-qualified physicians in
each of the West Indian islands, and in British Guiana,
and British Honduras, and efficient Government medical
services. Indeed, throughout the West Indies there is
no lack of medical men; but tourists who adopt the
usual precautions as to diet and mode of living should
not require to have recourse to their ministrations. It
used to be said that the best way to ensure good health
was to keep the pores of the skin open and the mouth
shut ! Owing to the moisture in the air and the pre-
valence of the trade-winds for the greater part of the
year, tfre heat of the sun is felt far less than it is at the
same temperature in New York or London, and sun-
stroke is practically unknown in the West Indies.
Nevertheless, visitors should on no account expose
themselves to the direct rays of the noonday sun.
Exercise in moderation is desirable. A thorough
wetting by the rain should be guarded against, and
chills at sundown should be avoided...”
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“...1612, and incorporated in 1797. Until 1815, when
the seat of Government was transferred to Hamilton,
it was the capital of the Bermudas. St. George’s
stands on the shores of the harbour of the same name,
which is well protected from the south by St. David’s
Island, and is approached from the sea by a narrow
channel known as the Town Cut, commanded by the
guns' of Fort Cunningham on Paget’s Island. St.
George’s is built on sloping ground, on the highest
part of which is Fort George ; but it is shut in on the
north by rising ground on which military barracks are
situated.
The principal landing-place is at the Market Square,
off which stands the small Ordnance Island. The
Town Hall faces the square.
The Hotel St. George, opened in 1907, stands on the
Rose Hill property, once the residence of Governor
Tucker (1803-1805), about 100 feet above the town. It
commands a noble view of Castle Harbour, Castle Island,
and St. David’s. In front of the hotel are two trees
said to have been planted as...”
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“...along the Palisadoes or by motor-launch or boat.
It is of great historic interest, having been the head-
quarters of the buccaneers, and the emporium and mart
of their ill-gotten wealth. Before it was overwhelmed
by an earthquake on June 7th, 1692, it was considered
“ the finest town in the West Indies, and the richest
spot in the universe.”
The rector of the parish describing the disaster
wrote :
Whole streets, with their inhabitants, were swallowed up by
the opening of the earth, which, when shut upon them, squeezed
the people to death, and in that manner several were left with
their heads above ground, and others covered with dust and
earth by the people who remained in the place. It was a sad
sight to see the harbour covered with dead bodies of people of
all conditions, floating up and down without burial, for the
burying place was destroyed by the earthquake, which dashed
to pieces tombs, and the sea washed the carcases of those who
had been buried out of their graves.
At Green Bay...”
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“...hoisted to the top floor
or cotton loft. In this the cotton is temporarily stored and
spread out to dry; it is then transferred to the gins in the
second story by shoots passing through tho floor, directly
over the gins. The labourers at.work in the loft, filling the
shoots, have also to pick out any motes or discoloured cotton
that may have escaped the pickers and assorters. As soon as
the gins are started, the feeders take the cotton from the shoots
through a small hinged door, which can easily be shut in case of
fire. On the seed-cotton being fed to the gins, the lint
is separated from the seed. The former passes over a leather
roller and drops on to an endless conveyor, while the seed falls
through the grids on to an inclined plane, and passes through
the floor to the lowest storey. While the lint is on the conveyor,
any motes or other impurities are watched for and picked out.
From the conveyor the lint is taken to the baling-room, where
it is baled under pressure. It is then ready for shipment...”
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