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“...colony
of Virginia in 1609, he was separated from his companions in
a terrific storm, and his vessel, the Sea Venture, being wedged
between two rocks off what is now St. George’s Island became
a total wreck. On July 28th the ship's company managed to
land, and they remained on the islands until the following May,
when they succeeded in reaching Virginia in ships of their own
building. The circumstance that they found the colonists there
almost starved prompted Somers to return for supplies to Ber-
muda, which he described as " the most plentiful place that
I ever came to for fish, hogs, and fowl.” Soon after his arrival,
however, he died, and while his heart was buried where the town
of St. George’s now stands, his body was taken to England and
interred at Whitchurch in Dorsetshire. Bermuda was now most...”
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“...George Hotel, on the Rose Hill property,
once owned by Governor Tucker, $6.00 (£1 5s.) per day and up.
Somerset. Summerside, $4.00 (16s. 8d.) per day.
In summer, the Bermudiana, Hamilton, and Princess are
closed, but the other hotels remain open and accept guests
at slightly reduced rates. Bermuda’s tourist business being
mainly with America, hotel rates are quoted in dollars.
There are also throughout the colony numerous boarding
houses, a list of which is given in folders published by the Ber-
muda Trade Development Board. Furnished cottages and
bungalows may be rented at from $300 to $3,000 for the season.
COMMUNICATIONS. Bermuda can be reached occasionally
from England direct in about ten days, from England via
La Rochelle in sixteen days, from New York in less than forty-
eight hours, and from Canada in four days (see Appendix I),
and also by air (see Appendix II).
The islands have admirable roads covering 109 miles, fifteen
of which are under military control. The use of motor-cars
is...”
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“...ANTIGUA
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settle the island, but was driven away by want of water, and
“.was not colonised until 1632, when some English from St.
Kitts under Edward, son of Sir Thomas Warner, established
themselves there. During the Commonwealth it remained
Royalist, and was included with Virginia, Barbados, and Ber-
muda in the Imperial Act of 1650, which prohibited trade with
those dependencies on account of their rebellious attitude
towards the Home Government. Lord Francis Willoughby
lessee of the patent left by Lord Carlisle to his son, visited thé
Leeward Islands from Barbados in 1650, and encouraged the
inhabitants to resist the Commonwealth. He was compelled
to relinquish the government of the islands in 1652, but he
reriimed in 1663 after the Restoration, and governed until
1600, when he was lost at sea. In 1666 French troops, re-
inforced by Irish malcontents and Caribs, landed at Five Islands
Bay and took possession of the island ; but in the following
year it was ceded to England by the Treaty...”
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“...INDEX
495
Siparia, 115, 140, 142
Sir Timothy’s Hill, 219
Sisal hemp, 60, 293
Skeate, Colonel, 288
Skinner, General, English
Governor of Guadelope,
. 3°3
Slavery, 6-8, 233, 309, 315,
361
Abolition of, 433
Smith, Jane Anne, 36
Smith, Rev. Mr., 228
Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de
Transportes Aereos, 464
" S.P.G.”, the, 90
Sofaia, 301, 304
Solberg, 318, 320
Sombrero, 248
Sommelsdyke, Lord of, 413-4
Somers’ Islands. See Ber-
muda
Somers, Sir George, 42, 55, 56,
57
Somerset Island, 49
Soufrière, Guadeloupe, 299,
301
Soufrière, St. Lucia, 167, 175,
178
Soufrière, St. Vincent, 5, 6, 71,
I92-5. 311
Soufrière, motor-launch, 170
Soufrières, Montserrat, the,
231. 233
" Southern Caribee Islands,’’
151, 186
Southern Cross, 4
Southern Main Road, 131, 137,
138
South Sea Company, 7
South Soufrière, Montserrat,
233
South Staffordshire Regt. (the
38th), 288
South-west Bay, 67
Spanish American War, 327,
340,367
Spanish Hat," 248
Spanish Main, the, 396-412
Accommodation, 397
Communications, 398-9
Spanish Main,...”
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