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“...52 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES is a famous rubber tree. In the former residence is the Museum of the Bermuda Natural History Society (open io a.m. to 4 p.m., Sundays excepted). Here also is the Public Library. The north end of Burnaby Street is called Cedar Avenue, a delightfully shady walk skirting one side of Victoria Park, an ornamental garden containing many beautiful flowering shrubs and trees, a somewhat con- ventional bandstand erected to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Jubilee, which was formally opened in 1890, and a War Memorial to the memory of members of the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps who fell during the. Great War, 19x4-1918. A continuation of the road leads to St. John’s, the parish church of Pembroke Parish. In it lie the remains of Bishop Field and Sir Robert Laffan, Governor from 1877 to 1882, whose name survives in “ Laffan’s Plain,” Aldershot. Mount Langton the Governor’s residence (about 1 mile from the wharf), is reached by way of Burnaby...”
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“... older church, and was opened for diVine service on April 19th, 1840, the foundation-stone having been laid by Sir Francis Cockbum, the then Governor of the Bahamas in 1837. It is a plain building of stone. The see oi I r I) lb r u I lb fc C k |n hi ft || PJ |e ai ni B 11 h b il # it !,oi f A 01 m Ejp’ ,w [IB jn C( 12: T...”
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“...122 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES Lenegan, Nelson, and Pelican. High up on the mountain side is seen the rugged Fort St. George, now used as a signal station (see page 132), and Port of Spain spread out on a plain at the foot of lofty mountains comes into view. ' .)J Port oï Spain, capital of Trinidad since 1783, occupies the site of the old Indian village of Conquerabia. It is justly regarded as one of the cleanest and.most sanitary towns in the West Indies. Well laid out, its streets are lighted by electricity, and its main thoroughfares traversed by open electric trams. The wharves axe on land reclaimed from the Gulf, and the Harbour Master s office behind them occupies an old fort which in Chacon’s time stood on a small island connected with the mainland by a stone pier. From the wharves—where the Customs formalities are not tiresome—St. Vincent, Abercromby, and Chacon Streets, and Broadway, running parallel with one another, lead to Maxine Square, a spacious...”
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“...TRINIDAD 133 supply of materials, before he was acquitted. It was to this fort that the merchants of Port of Spain took their books and valuables when the English Fleet was mistaken for that of Villeneuve, which Nelson was pursuing, in 1805, immediately before the battle of Trafalgar. At one part the Diego Martin valley opens out into a flat plain, which formerly used to be under sugar-canes, but is now for the most part quite uncultivated. The plain has an evil reputation, having been the scene of no fewer than four blood-curdling murders, the last having been when a priest was brutally murdered and was found tied to a tree. About a mile this side of the Blue Basin are situated the Diego Martin Waterworks, which were formally inaugurated in 1907. The River Estate was acquired by the Government in 1897 in order to protect the sources of water supply. The lower portion is now cultivated as a cocoa estate in charge of the Department of Agriculture and is surrounded by...”
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“... the island, buttressed by numerous ridges branching off from it, gradually sloping down to the sea on either side, and leaving narrow fertile valleys between them. The flattest parts of the island are at Gros Islet, at the extreme north-west, and Vieux Fort, at the south-east, where the backbone ceases, giving place to a plain. The Canaries Mountain (3,140 feet), in the centre, is the highest point, and the most mountainous part is on the leeward side in the neighbourhood of the Soufrière, a volcano the crater of which is about three acres in extent. There are also other traces of volcanic activity in the island, in the form of hot springs and sulphur. To the south of Soufrière Bay the two conical mountains known as the Pitons, or the Peaks, form prominent landmarks, the grandeur of which is un- equalled throughout the West Indies. They rise to a considerable height, which is emphasised by their isolation, the Gros Piton being over 2,619 feet high and the Petit 2,461...”
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“... spite of the small rainfall. It is recorded that in 1731 the scarcity of water was so great that a pailful of that precious liquid was sold for three shillings 1 Bendal’s Stream has been dammed in two places and much rain-water which used to run out to sea is thus conserved. The wells or springs in the central plain from St. John’s to Willoughby Bay being brackish, the only water available in the locality is that which is collected in ponds and pools. Wells in the limestone region on the north-east of this central plain yield good water, and there are also a few wells lying to the west and south of the plain. In some parts of the island the people are dependent on water collected in ponds, and in times of drought they suffer considerable hardships. St. John’s has now an excellent water-supply derived from a reservoir at the Body Ponds, and Wallings Reservoir, a large tank in the hills which was completed twenty-five years ago at a cost, with its pipe service, of over...”
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“... plain, at the south-west of which is Basseterre, the capital of the island, situated on the shore of an open roadstead. At the south-east comer there extends a narrow isthmus not more than a mile or a mile and a half wide, that expands into a knob of land on which there are salt ponds. A strait called the Narrows, scarcely two miles in width at this point, separates St. Kitts from Nevis. Between them is a tiny islet called Booby Island. On the lower levels the soil of St. Kitts is naturally rich and highly fertile. The island is well watered, and Richard Blome’s description of it, written in 1672, still holds good: “ The land lieth high and mountainous in the midft from which fpringeth feveral Rivers, which oft-times by reafon of the Raines that falleth down the mountains, are overflown to the detriment of the inhabitants.” During the heavy rains, “washes” sometimes occur which do much harm to cultivation. INDUSTRIES. Sugar is the chief industry of St. Kitts. Though the...”
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“...ST. CHRISTOPHER OR ST. KITTS 223 superstition that the lake is bottomless, with a dangerous whirlpool, probably arises from the fact that the outlet on the west, carrying the overflow to Godwin’s Gut, is hidden and leads to a waterfall which might be disastrous to the unwary. The drive Round the Island is an expedition which every visitor to St. Kitts should make. The distance is .30 miles. By carriage the time required is from four to five hours; but by motor-car, of course, much less. Crossing the plain of Basseterre to the north-east of the island, one passes the large Central Sugar Factory (1 mile), -belonging to a company called the St. Kitts (Basseterre) Sugar Factory, Limited, which was opened in 1912. It is equipped with the most modem machinery and has about 19 miles of light railway for bringing the canes to the mill. The capacity of the factory is 15,000 tons of sugar, and during crop time the buildings present a busy aspect. Permission to view the factory...”
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“... (1746); and General William A. Villettes (1808), Lieut.-Governor, by Sir Richard Westmacott. Rear-Admiral Charles Holmes, Commander-in-Chief, 1760-61; Christopher Lipscomb, first Bishop of Jamaica; Lucas Barrett, geologist; Commodore Peter Cracroft (1865); and Sir James Fergusson, who was killed by the earthquake of 1907, were buried in the churchyard. In the old burial-ground at Halfway Tree lie buried George Bennett, who “ came here a soldier under General Venables,” and two infant sons of Governor Sir William Beeston, who died in 1677 and 1678, and Elizabeth Dalling. King’s House, the official residence of the Governor, is about four miles from Kingston in the parish of St. Andrew, on the Liguanea Plain. Like the public buildings it was designed by Sir Charles Nicholson and is constructed of reinforced concrete. The building comprises three floors, the rooms being arranged round an open patio, and most of them opening on to broad verandahs. The billiard- and ball...”
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“... the fort, hauled down the republican flag, and hoisted the British union' in its stead.—Cooper Willyams. At the head of the Bay is the plain of Lamentin, with the Vauclin mountain in the far distance, while on the south side is Trois Ilets with the Ilet a Ramiers, or Pigeon Island (not Rodney’s. See page 180), with its fortifications which once defended the position....”
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“... waterside is a quaint little red fort now used as a police station. The town can be reached from visiting ships by launch, direct to King’s Wharf (one block from the business section), by motor in a few minutes, or on foot in about a quarter of an hour. The route lies across a small plain, once a prosperous sugar estate, and along the De Beltjen road, which is fringed with small villas and gardens gay...”
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“... military road which was constructed by the Spaniards over a century ago. Ponce, which stands on a plain two miles from the seaport or Playa, was founded in 1752. Mayagüez, the third town in importance, is on the west coast overlooking the Mona passage. Porto Rico has not yet been developed as a tourist resort to the same extent as Cuba ; but this American island has far greater natural beauty than Cuba can boast. Its roads are superb, and the example of the Spanish, and later the American, engineers might with advantage be followed elsewhere in the West Indies....”
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“...CUBA 3êi boasts superb scenery which can be enjoyed by taking the steamer to Rodas and back. It is now possible to visit Eastern Cuba in great comfort, thanks to the service provided by the Cuba Railroad Company. Two trains leave Havana daily, one in the early morning and the other at night, for Santiago. In the provinces of Santa Clara, Camagiiey, and Santiago the road runs through rolling plains and mountainous regions. Camagiiey (population 29,616; 3-40 miles) has many old mediaeval buildings. The climate of the city, which lies on a plain 550 feet above sea level, is particularly good. Among the attractions of the place are its weather-worn churches, the most interesting being those of La Merced and La Soledad. The former was built about the year 1628 by mis- sionaries of Our Lady of Mercy. Its high altar is of silver and was fashioned from 40,900 Spanish dollars. La Soledad was a hermitage in 1697. The present building was begun in 1758. The frescoes date from...”
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“...Hts£±AseiA A PLAN of CARTAGENA, 7£gS® a k e g^gpS^I W?lm m CABTACENA Mr Papt of the Se* vat formerly a Plain, on vhich the Inhabitants of Carta gcna ufed to valk, but has been fir Jotne time overflowed, and the rolling of the Sea upon ad this Coafl, is an invincible Rampart to Car- tagena, fo that it is only approachable by ™e Lake. Cartagena at the Period of Vernon’s Attack o Reproduced from The Gentleman’s Magazine for 1740. THE SPANISH MAIN...”
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“...West Indian Cable Service RAPID — RELIABLE — ACCURATE “ via Bermuda91 Turks & Caicos Islands— Grand Turk Halifax, N.S. jr* 108, Granville Street /*/Sj HEAD OFFICE: 33, Old Broad Street LONDON E.C. 2 TELEPHONE : CENTRAL 2914 Telegrams should always be addressed in the following manner : “Jones, London, “Smith, Jamaica, “Robinson, Barbados, Via Bermuda.” Via Bermuda.” Via Bermuda.” “ Via Bermuda ” is not charged for. Plain language, Deferred Messages at Half Rates. Social and Business Codes are available at all the Companies’ Stations free of charge. Wireless Station at KINGSTON, JAMAICA. xxiii...”