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“.... London : Cassell and
Company, Ltd., 1828.
" ihe West Indies and the Spanish Main.” * By Anthony
Trollope. London : Chapman and Hall, 1839.
" The Cruise of H.M.S. Bacchante, 1879-1882.” By Prince
Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales. London: Mac-
millan and Co., 1886.
“ ihe English in the West Indies, or the Bow of Ulysses.” *
By J. A. Froude. London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1888.
" History of the Buccaneers of America.” By J. Esquemel-
ing, 1684. London : Sonnenschein, 1893.
“ Down the Islands.” * By W. A. Paton. London : Kegan
Paul, Trench and Co., 1888.
" The West Indies.” * By C. W. Eves. London : Sampson
Low and Co., Ltd., 1889 (4th edition, 1897).
“ A Historical Geography of the British Colonies. Vol. II.
The West Indies." By C. P. Lucas. Oxford : Clarendon Press,
1890 (2nd edition, revised by C. Atchley, I.S.O., 1905).
** In Sugar-Cane Land.” * By Eden Phiilpotts. London :
McClure and Co., 1893.
“ The Cradle of the Deep.” By Sir Frederick Treves, G.C.V.O...”
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“...BARBADOS
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I The drawing-room is panelled with Barbados cedar.
The proprietor is Mr. C. J. P. Cave. From Cherry Tree
| Hill, a short distance beyond the Abbey, reached by a
I noble double avenue of Casuarina and mahogany trees,
I there is a striking view of the Scotland District, with
I Hackleton’s Cliff (see page 92) beyond.
Farley Hill, in St. Peter’s (16 miles; 1J hours by
I motor-car, 3 hours by carriage from Bridgetown), the
I residence of the late Sir Graham Briggs, is notable as
I being the original home of the beautiful Farliense fern
I (Adiantum Farliense). J. A. Froude stayed here in
I 1887. In the grounds are trees planted by Prince
I Alfred, afterwards Duke of Edinburgh, who visited the
I West Indies in the Euryalus in 1861, and by Princes
I Albert Victor and George (now King George V), who
I toured the Caribbean in H.M.S. Bacchante in 1879-80.
I From Grenade Hall, St. Peter, a disused signal-station
I near by, a fine view of the Scotland District can...”
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“...ST. VINCENT 187
SPORTS. Cricket is played in the Victoria Park, and a game
can generally be enjoyed by visitors. There is a lawn tennis
club with courts in the Government Office grounds, to which
visitors are admitted. The St. Vincent Golf Club has a 9-hole
course on the Carenage, 3J miles from Kingstown, which can be
reached by-a good driving road or by boat. Visitors are ad-
mitted on payment of is. per day. Sea bathing can be indulged
in at several spots, notably off the Villa estate, about two miles
from Kingstown. Good deep-sea fishing is obtainable off Kings-
town and other places near by, and suitable tackle can easily
be hired.
. CLUB. The Kingstown Club, founded in 1891, with premises
in James and Middle Streets, welcomes visitors who are intro-
duced by members.
SIGHTS. Kingstown, which nestles at the foot of the
mountains at the head of a magnificent bay on the
south-west of St. Vincent, is one of the most picturesque
spots in the West Indies. Froude...”
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“...INDEX
477
Frederiksted, 328, 329
Freeman, Humphrey, 284
Freemasonry, 40—2, 182, 204
Frenchmen’s Hill, 325, 327
French West India Co., 156.17°
French West Indies, 305-20
Freshwater Bay, 75
Freshwater Lake, 244
Froude, J. A., in, 187
Fruits, 8
Fyzabad, 142, 447
Gage’s Soufrière, 236
Gaillard Cut, Panama, 418, 426
Gaillard, Lieut.-Colonel, 426
Galdy, Lewis, 275
Galeota, Cape, 115, 145 •
Gallow’s Island, 56
Gallow’s Point, 276
Ganson, Wm, 409
Gaspar Grande, 116, 131
Gasparee, 117, 118, 120, 121,
131
Gasparillo, 121
Gates, SirThos., 49
Gatun, 417, 418, 421, 424-5
George, Prince (now King
George V), 48, 90, 95,
in, 136, 142, 164, 208
Georgetown, British Guiana,
374. 375, 376> 377. 378-
379-85
Georgetown, Cayman Islands,
301
Georgetown, St. Vincent, 196,
197
Gibbons, Sir John H., no
Gibbs Hill, 49, 55
“ Gibraltar of the West In-
dies,” the, 226
Gill, Thomas, 84
Goat Island,'151
Gofi’s Cay, 398
Gold, 373, 388, 401
" Gold employees,” 423
Golden...”
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