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“...., bathe and dine at the
hotel at Pointe Baleine and return after dinner by moonlight
—in itself a delightful experience. The splendid open beaches
at Balandra and Manzanilla Bays on the East Coast within
easy reach of Port of Spain by motor-car are ideal for afternoon
picnics and surf-bathing in the open Atlantic.
The fishing in the neighbourhood of the Bocas is, at times,
excellent, and especially so when the tarpon and king-fish are
biting, while even when they are not the visitor who puts him-
self in the hands of an experienced local fisherman rarely returns
with an empty basket. One hundred and sixteen different kinds
of fish are found in Trinidad waters, of which eighty-five are
food fishes and thirty-one are not used for food. Cavalli or
carangue, tarpon or grand écaille, king-fish or tassard, and the
barracouta are the most highly prized by sportsmen. Alligators
are found in the Caroni River, two miles from Port of Spain,
and flamingoes and several kinds of wild duck...”
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“... is an important centre of the
cocoa industry. On August 31st, Santa Rosa day, the
town is always en fete, and a race meeting is held on its
Savannah. Proceeding across the island the road runs
south-east from Valencia village through the forest to
Sangre Grande (29 miles from Port of Spain). From this
town the road strikes north again, and, running in a
north-easterly direction, passes through Matura Village
and districts devoted to the cultivation of coco-nuts, to
Salybia and Balandra Bays near the northern end of the
East Coast or Bande de 1’Est. Here there are glorious
expanses of white sand from which delightful surf-
bathing can be enjoyed in the open Atlantic. The east
coast (see map, after p. 116) has three great bays, namely
those of Matura, Cocos, and Mayaro, each of which should
be visited if time permits. For the greater part of its
length the entire coast is fringed with coco-nut palms,
and it is said that the Cocal, as the coco-nut grove
between Manzanilla...”
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“...INDEX
468
Aurora, 377, 378
Austin, Bishop, 382, 386
Aviation, 67
Avocado pear, 8
Ayscue, Sir George, 77
Azores, the, 19
Baal, Robert, 409
Bacchante, Cruise of H.M.S.,
48, 90, in, 136, 142, 164
Bacon, John, R.A., 268, 282,
284, 291
Bahamas, The, 63-73
— Accommodation in, 66
— and Turks Islands, 299
— Area and situation, 63
— Books on, 29
— Climate, 65
—- Communications, 67
— Constitution, 66
— Development Board, 67, 69,
73
— History, 65
— Industries, 64
— " Out Islands," 63, 73
— Sea Gardens, 73
— Sports, 67
Baijer, Otto, 205, 206
Bailey’s Bay, 57
Baily, E. H., sculptor, 264
Baker, Captain, 443
Balaclava, Jamaica, 259, 260,
290
Balandra Bay, 120, 138
Balata, 373, 445-6
Balboa, 428, 432
Baleine Falls, St. Vincent, 198
Balliceaux, 184, 185
Bamboos for paper-making,
137
Bananas, 8, 75, 169, 256, 286,
290, 311, 393, 409, 414,
443-4
Bande de L’Est, 138
Banks, n
Banks, Sir Joseph, 189
Bannister, Major-General, 284
Barabara, the, 178
Barbados...”
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