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“...were formerly in the
possession of France, such as Dominica and St. Lucia,
the negroes speak a rather bewildering French patois.
A peculiarity in Montserrat is the Irish brogue acquired
by the negroes from the Irish sent to the island by
Oliver Cromwell. In the little island of Saba there is a
somewhat similar peculiarity of speech, the inhabitants
speaking with a distinct West Country accent. A
patois of English, Spanish, French and Dutch called
“ papiamento ” is spoken in Cura9ao, while “ taki-
taki,” a curious negro-English is the native “ taal" in
Surinam. In Trinidad, French and Spanish are much
spoken by the wealthier classes, and a knowledge of
those languages enhances the pleasure of a visit to Cuba,
Porto Rico, and the Spanish Main.
FREEMASONRY. Freemasonry is largely practised
in the British West Indies, and lodges exist in all the
large islands and most of the smaller. In Barbados
there is a District Grand Lodge, which has jurisdiction
over six Craft Lodges. Mark Masonry is also...”
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“...manufacture, 436—8
Sulphur baths, 178, 233, 304,
352
Sulphur Springs, Dominica,
241
Sunbury, Barbados, 75
Sunstroke, 5
Surinam, 412-5
Constitution, 413
Communications, 413
Exchanged for New York,
413
History, 413
Industries, 413
Surinam, River, 413- 415
Surrender Tree, 357
Suttons, 256
Swaby, Bishop, 377
Swettenham, Sir Alexander,
259
" Swizzles," recipes for, 23
Swizzle-stick, 23
Sylvania, 243
Syrians in Jamaica, 9
Tabaquite, i i 5, 138
Taboga Island, 420
Tabor, Mt., 135
Tacarigua, 115, 135
Taki taki dialect, n
Talleres, 327, 328
Tapion Rock, 171
Tarpon fishing, 117
Teach, John (“ Blackbeard ”),
319
Telegraphic communication, 37
Temple, Lady (Marchioness of
Buckingham), 273
Tennant, Sir Charles, 139
Terre d’en bas, 305
Terre d’en haut, 305
Teteron Bay, n8
Teteron, Madame, 118
Tetu, 320
Thatch Island, 248
Thistle, H.M.S., 248
Thompson, Lady, 186
Thornhill, General Sir Timo-
thy, 106, 199, 216, 219,
222
Thornton, Dr, William, 247
Three Houses, 74
Three Sisters, the, 112
Thresh, Mr. J. C.,...”
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