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“... the mainland and enclosing the Gulf of Paria, which is practically a land-locked sea between Trinidad and Venezuela with narrow straits north and south. The straits at the north are called the Bocas del Dragón, or Dragon’s Mouths, and those at the south the Boca de la Serpiente, or the Serpent’s Mouth. There seems to be little reason to doubt that Trinidad at a distant date was connected with the main- land, and it is plainly noticeable that the three islands in the northern straits—namely, Chacachacare, Huevos,...”
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“... to December, with a short I break in September, and the annual rainfall is about 62 inches, j Trinidad is fortunate in being out of the hurricane zone, and I it is singularly free from the seismic disturbances which afflict I at times some of the other islands. The birth-rate is 34 and the I death-rate 30 per thousand, but the latter would be considerably I less were it not for the excessive infant mortality among the I black population. HISTORY. Trinidad was discovered by Columbus during I his third voyage on July 31st, 1498, and was so called by him I after the Trinity, the idea being, it is said, put into his mind by I his sighting three very conspicuous peaks in the southern range I of hills in Moruga, now known as the Three Sisters. Be that I as it may, it is certain that the first land that he saw was the I south-eastern corner—now Cape Galeota—which he called La I Galera. He sailed along westward, and entered the Gulf of I Paria by the Boca de la Serpiente, or...”
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“...n6 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES and recognised its possibilities, the Spanish issued a decree I encouraging foreigners to settle in Trinidad, and in the year li 1783, a further proclamation having been issued calling attention I to the advantages offered by its fertile soil, a large influx of I: settlers resulted. Don Joséf Maria Chacon was sent out as 11 Governor, and the population rose rapidly from 300 in 1783 1 to 18,000 in 1797. In 1796 a quarrel took place between the I men of a British squadron, who had been attacking some French I privateers in the Gulf of Paria, and the colonists. A party of I officers were visiting a Welsh lady in what is now Frederick I Street, when some of the French privateersmen insulted a British I sailor from the A larm. A fight resulted, the officers rushed to I the rescue, and a general ffielée ensued; the Commodore, 1 Captain Vaughan, landed a force on the following day, and, I though he withdrew before a conflict took place, -this...”
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“...TRINIDAD i2i I SIGHTS. Vessels bound for Port of Spain enter the I Gulf of Paria by one of the Bocas del Dragón (the I Dragon’s mouths), the straits formed by the islands of I Chacachacare (an Indian name), Huevos (egg) and Monos I (monkey), and known respectively as the Bocas Grande, I Navios, Huevos,and Monos (see map, after p. 116). Cha- I cachacare, on which there is a tall lighthouse, has, since I *92I> been a leper settlement. On the other islands are I pleasant villas which are much resorted to for bathing I and fishing. At the north-east point of Huevos is I Parasol Rock, where H.M.S. Dromedary grounded on ■ August ioth, 1800. Her bowsprit was lashed to the ■ rock, and 500 men landing spent fifteen uncomfortable I hours upon this inhospitable crag. Then the weather I having moderated they re-embarked and got away. I On entering the Gulf, steamers turn east and coast ■ along the mainland of Trinidad. Opposite Monos is ■Teteron Bay, and in the Boca Monos is a...”
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“... from I 1916 to 1921, runs to the heights of St. Ann’s for a I distance of about two miles, affording splendid panoramic I views of Port of Spain, the Gulf of Paria and away over I the Caroni Swamp to San Fernando Hill which forms a 1 conspicuous object in the distance (left). The road I was constructed by prison labour between 1916 and 1921, I and it was hoped that sites would be taken up alongside I it for building purposes; but this has not yet been done. 1 The road forms the north-west boundary of the famous I Botanic Gardens, which adjoin Government House under I the bills on the north side of the Savannah. Government House stands at the foot of the hills at St: I Ann's on the north or far side of the Savannah, which it I overlooks. It is a substantial building of limestone, I erected in 1875, on the Indian model, from designs by V Mr. Ferguson, at a cost of £45,000. Its surroundings ■ are very attractive, for it stands in the famous Botanic IK Gardens, to which...”
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“...," 130 Ouvenard, Madame, 242 Oxford Caves, 290 Oxford Point, 53 Oysters, 7, 154 Pacific Cable Board, 33, 82, Ï23. 174 Paget’s Island, 58 Pagoua River, 238 Painton, Captain T., 217 Pakairama Mts., 373 Pakatuk Falls, 372 Paleologus, Ferdinando, 91 Palgrave, W. G., 238, 246 Palisadoes, the, 256, 262, 276a Pall Mall Square, 220 Palmer, Hon. John, 295 Palmer, Mrs. Rosa, 291-2 Palmer, Mrs., the wicked, 294 " Paludismo,” 366 Pampatar, 411 Panama, 401, 403 — Books on, 33 — Canal, 373 Panama Canal, 417-33 — and Suez compared, 418 ; — Construction, 424 — History of, 418-20 Panama City, 419, 421, 428-31 Panama disease of bananas, 393. 399, 4r4 Panama, Isthmus of, 3, 417-33 — Railway, 419, 421 Panama, Old, 431-2 Panama, Republic of, 417, 418 Papain, 233 “ Papiamento,” 340 Paradise, birds of, 151 Paradise, British Guiana, 377. ; Parasol Rock, 121 Parham Harbour, 200 Paria, Gulf of, 115, 121 Parika, 376, 377 Parke, Governor, 201, 205 Parry, Bishop, 174 Paso...”