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interruptedly straight upon the East Coast, lashing the
shallow sea into foaming breakers for more than a mile
out. The shore for miles is lined with waving coco-nut
trees extending to the very edge of, and sometimes on to,
the sandy beach itself, the whole forming, as it suddenly
breaks upon the eye, the marvellous panorama of life,
sound, and colour which Kingsley pictured half a century
ago and described in "At Last,” a.book which every
visitor to Trinidad should read. In many parts the
sandy beach is used as a high road, and one may meet an
occasional cart or motor-car, and peasants riding or
walking from place to place. Here no one need starve,
for, apart from coco-nuts from the palms fringing it, the
sand, below high-water mark, is full of tiny shell-fish
called “ chip-chip,” which make an excellent soup.
Another glorious beach is that of Guayaguayare at the
eastern end of the south coast. Here on the fringe of the
white sand are several screened...”
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“... hillside is the hotel I
known as “ 1829,” the path alongside which leads to
Mafolie (see below). Continuing along the road one I
reaches the covered market and the National Bank (right),
and the principal stores, several of which are devoted I
to the sale of bay rum, souvenirs of St. Thomas, and I
imported articles which are reasonably priced owing to I
the low Customs duties.
The streets are clean and well cared for, and it used to I
be said that, during the Danish régime, visitors found i
by the police to have dined not wisely but too well, I
were compelled to expiate their overnight offence by I
sweeping the streets in the morning.
Good pedestrians can obtain a superb view by ascend- I
ing the mountain by the rough path behind “ 1829 ” to H
TVTqfnlift- From this spot an extensive panorama unfolds I
itself. Far below are the town and harbour spread I
out like a map. Under the shelter of Cowell s battery I
are the wharves formerly owned by the Hamburg- 1
Amerika line. Away...”
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“... unsurpassed for the charming character of the
scenery, and will give a good view of the most fertile
part of the island.
(4) From St. Thomas to the west, past Nisky, Moskito
Bay, John Brewer’s Bay, ascending the hill to Bonne
Espérance, and round the north side of the island down
Frenchmen’s Hill. This route will give more varied
scenery, a further view of the island, and, if the day is
clear, an interesting panorama of the cays and islets to
the north, and those to the east forming the Virgin
Islands group.
There are also numerous excursions which can be
made by boat, notably across to the Naval Station,
formerly the “ German ” Wharf, climbing thence up
the hill to Cowell’s Battery—so named after Major
Cowell of the British Army, who was responsible for its
erection during the few years of English occupancy—
Frenchman’s Bay, etc. Another favourite expedition is
from the harbour, through the “ Haul Over ” to Nisky
Bay and Water Island and then on to Krum Bay,...”
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