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“... origin of the weed is not known, put the mass was once presumably attached to rocks, I though it is now propagated as it floats on the surface. I In colour it is yellow, and it supports fish, crabs, cuttle- ifish, zoophytes, and molluscs, but owing to the pace of i the ship it is not easy to get any satisfactory specimens of it on board. Whales and porpoises are now occasion- ally sighted, and the flying fish become a constant source of interest. With the sun glinting on their silvery wings, (they look like dragon-flies as they leap round the bows of the ship. That they actually fly cannot be denied, but their flight appears to be like that of the original “ glider " «aeroplane, requiring some considerable impetus to give it a start; and this is soon expended. The fish forces its |way through the water, and, rising from it, is carried for- fward and skims the surface, gaining momentum each kime it touches the waves. The size of the fish is that of a small herring; and there...”
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“... of verdure and rises to a far greater height. The Gros Piton is certainly not unlike the Pic du Midi. It is said to be 2,619 feet high, the Petit Piton 2,461 feet. The Gros Piton is comparatively easy to ascend, but until 1878, the smaller Piton was unconquered by man. In that year, however, a M. Lompré succeeded in gaining its summit, and it was ascended in 1885 by Mr. Charles de Brettes, who two years later conducted the then Chief Justice, Dr. John W. Carrington, and a party to the summit. The start was made from the western extremity, which was reached by clambering over the rocks. The party began the ascent at 6.22 a.m. and at 7.15 reached the Grande Ravine, a deep gorge running into the mountain. Thence the line of march lay more along the side of the mountain, and they worked their way gradually round to the shoulder which stands out clearly on the north-western face. A deep ravine having been crossed, the projecting point of the shoulder -was reached at 9.40...”
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“... start should be made, and the best plan for visitors to adopt is to obtain horses and ride as far as a place called Cavalries (about 1,000 feet), proceeding thence on foot. Guides...”
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“... Spain. Two hundred and seventy men and two officers were killed, and it was claimed that the disaster was due to the explosion of a mine by the Spanish. Whether this was really the case or not has been the subject of much subsequent discussion; but the cry which was raised, “ Remember the Maine ! ” proved irresistible. For years after the war the wreck lay where she sank with the Stars and Stripes flying at half- mast over her, but in 1912 the vessel was raised and towed out to sea and buried. The following account of the ceremony was given by an American sailor, J. L. Fahy, in a letter to a comrade : Shortly after one o’clock the United States navy tug Osceola made fast to the Maine and, with the assistance of two other tugs, started to tow the remains of that ill-fated vessel to her final resting place. As they approached the entrance of the harbour the North Carolina got under way, followed by this vessel (Birmingham), and that was the start of the strangest funeral...”
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“... (Pinus cubensis) found in it; and (3) Broken ridge—often covered with dense jungle and intermediate between the Cohune and Pine ridges. The principal islands, or cays, off the coast are Tumeffe (a corruption of Terra Nova), St. George’s Cay, English Cay, and Ambergris Cay. They are much resorted to for bathing and fishing, and there are several “ week- end ” residences on St. George’s Cay. INDUSTRIES. Mahogany cutting is the chief industry, and large quantities of logwood and hard woods of various kinds are also shipped. The gum of the Sapodilla tree, known as Chicle, is exported to the United States, where it is largely used for making chewing-gum. To the south of Belize bananas have been cultivated with success, though the industry is temporarily under a cloud owing to the prevalence of Panama disease. On the other hand a promising start has been made with the cultivation of grape-fruit. CLIMATE. The climate of British Honduras is sub-tropical in character, though the...”
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“...404 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES A large rock quarry at Porto Bello supplied the stone used for the Colon breakwater and in the construction of the locks and dam at Gatun on the Panama Canal. About an hour and a half’s steam beyond Porto Bello is the scarcely less famous Nombre de Dios. It was off Nombre de Dios that the remains of the redoubtable Drake were committed to the deep in 1595. The final expedition of the great Elizabethan seafarer proved unfortunate from the start. His kinsman and trusted friend Sir John Hawkins, who accompanied him, died off Porto Rico. Nombre de Dios was found to be deserted, and an attempted march on Panama failed. Eventually Drake succumbed to an attack of dysentery on board his ship the Defiance off Porto Bello, on January 28th, 1595-6. Next day his body, enclosed in a leaded coffin, was consigned to the waters of the Caribbean. As an anonymous poem quoted by Prince in “ Worthies of Devon ” says : The waves became his winding...”
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“...414 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES coffee and bananas (which are carried from the wharf to the hold by ingenious conveyors worked by motors supplied with steam from the ships’ boilers) there is usually ample time to permit of visitors proceeding by train to San José, the capital of Costa Rica (103 miles) and back, a mountain excursion of rare charm and interest which should on no account be missed. The station of the Ferrocarril de Costa Rica is at the shore end of the pier, but special trains, which can be engaged by wireless at twenty-four hours’ notice for parties of fifty persons or more, start from alongside the steamer. It is advisable to take food for the journey and also warm wraps. The line, which was built by an American, Minor C. Keith, between 1884 and 1900, is now leased to the Northern Railway Company and by them to the United Fruit Company, who use it for transporting bananas and coffee to the coast. In 1880 only 360 bunches of bananas were exported...”
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“... insulating purposes, and also in the manufacture of belting and boots and shoes. Expeditions start periodically to the interior to collect the substance. The tapping of. balata trees is done with the cutlass....”
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“... company which was successfully floated in 1910, advantage being taken of a slight boom on the London oil share market. The capital consisted of £300,000 in £1 shares and 175,000 shares which were offered were considerably over-subscribed. This success- ful flotation was the signal for the start of the regular boom in oil-bearing lands and licences in Trinidad. Within a year, companies with a nominal capital of upwards of £2,500,000 were •formed. • , . Meanwhile development work steadily proceeded, and in addition to the Canadian and the English companies above referred to, the concessionaires of the Pitch Lake were them- selves boring for oil under the name of the Trinidad Lake Petroleum Company, Ltd., and meeting with very favourable On April 29th a small party of guests visited Brighton, Trini- dad, at the invitation of the Trinidad Lake Petroleum Company, Ltd!, and witnessed the inauguration of the local petroleum industry by the Governor, Sir George Le Hunte, who, with...”