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“.... There is generally a shower-bath also, and in British Guiana its use forms the most popular style of bathing. FOOD AND BEVERAGES. To visitors to the West Indies fresh from temperate climes, both food and bever- ages present decided features of novelty. Beef and mutton find their places on the board, though, owing to the climate, they are as a rule tough, except in the larger islands in which supplies from the United States are obtainable. Chicken and guinea-fowl figure extensively on the menu, but otherwise a tropical table differs materially from one at home. This is chiefly the case with the fish and vegetables. Of the former there are the flying-fish—'the dish par excellence of Barbados, and very good it is too—snapper, snook, mullet, and grouper, all of which are deservedly popular. The cascadura, a fresh-water fish which is eaten in Trinidad, is alleged to have properties not unlike those possessed by the fountain of Trevi at Rome. The visitor who throws a penny...”
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“... Michel) and dwarf (Musa Cavendishii), are known at home, but the very small fig banana, or Lady’s Finger, as it is called, is not often seen out of the tropics, and, while all fruit of this description has a much better flavour in its native home tiran in England or America, the latter kind is for taste the acme of perfection. Grape-fruit is on every well-regulated breakfast table, and oranges while actually green are exquisite, the West Indian tangerine variety being infinitely better than any ever seen at home. The grafted mangoes, for which Jamaica is especially famous, are exquisitely delicate in flavour, while a sound Antigua pine-apple, the cultiva- tion of which has, alas ! almost died out, is something to dream about. It is not long before the visitor makes the acquaintance of some of the following fruits, which are among the most popular in the West Indies: Custard-, mammee-, and star-apples, citrons, Barbados cherries, golden apples, granadillas (the fruit of the...”
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“...GENERAL INFORMATION 13 (Havana), Jamaica (Kingston), and Trinidad (Port of SPKSURAN0E POLICIES. Intending visitors to the West Indies whose lives are insured should arrange for their policies to be made valid outside the United Kingdom, Canada, or the United States, as the case may be, if these are not already world-wide. AMUSEMENTS AND SPORT. There is no lack of amusements and sport provided for visitors to the West Indies, and the opportunities for indulging in them are dealt with under the heading “Sport” in the suc- ceeding chapters. The favourite games are lawn-tennis, croquet, golf, and cricket, and, in the islands under American influence, baseball. There are ample faculties for bathing and dancing, whilst in comparatively recent years motoring has added greatly to the pleasures of a visit to the tropics. Picnics, formerly called maroon parties ” in the West Indies, are also popular. Fishing, both in sea and river, and to a lesser extent shooting, can also be...”
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“...BARBADOS 85 tercentenary of England’s taking possession of the {island. The small garden to the east of the buildings is iknown as the Fountain Garden. Adjacent to it is the War Memorial, consisting of a grey granite obelisk with bronze panels at the base bearing the names of those who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War, jand on the face the arms of the Colony. It is inscribed : TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LASTING MEMORY OF THE BARBADIANS WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR ' 1914-18 THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF BARBADOS The memorial was unveiled by Sir Charles O’Brien, the then Governor, on May 10th, 1925. f The rooms of the Women’s Self-Help Association in Trafalgar Square are a popular resort of visitors. The [Association, which was started in 1907 by Lady Carter, {the wife of the then Governor, with the support of the ladies of Barbados, does a useful work in relieving dis- itressed gentlefolk. There is a sale-room, where the work...”
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“... the garden behind the college should be noted. Bathsheba, St. Joseph (14 miles ; 1J hours by motor- car, 2 hours by carriage, 19I miles by rail, froir Bridgetown), a popular seaside resort, and Chalks Mount, both on the Windward Coast, can be reached bj the Barbados Railway. From Bathsheba the Potteries on the top of the " Mount ” can be visited. They are difficult to approach by carriage. Here the crude though picturesque earthenware “ guglets,” “ monkeys/ and “ conerees,” as they are called according to thei: shape, are fashioned by skilful black artificers at thei: very primitive potter’s sheds. At Bathsheba it is prettj to see the flying-fish fleet return after its labours. Thi little vessels, of about 16 feet in length, of which it i composed, pick their way through the openings of tin coral reef, and it seems remarkable that they are no upset. Each boat is manned by the proverbial two mei and a boy and each carries three nets. The owner get a third of the...”
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“... Railway Station. Motor-launches and boats can be hired at reasonable rates. Communication with Tobago is maintained by the Govern- ment s.s. Belize, a miniature liner whose itinerary will be found on page 144. . To those wishing to see the Orinoco River, opportunity is afforded by the comfortable river boats of the Compania Anonima di Navegafion fluvial y Costanesa de Venezuela, which proceed every week to Ciudad Bolivar, whence smaller boats convey such passengers as may desire to proceed farther, to the upper reaches of the river. . 'v. SPORTS. Lawn tennis is played on the courts of the Tranquillity Club (near the Queen’s Park Hotel), and the St. Clair Club, whose members are always glad to extend hospitality to visitors suitably introduced. At the St. Clair Club bridge and dancing can also be enjoyed. Cricket is popular. The Queen’s Park Cricket Club, with a membership of over 400, has...”
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“...ST. LUCIA 181 failed as he was unable successfully to establish a claim to the- land. From Soufrière, the boat proceeds on Fridays1 to Choiseul (formerly 1’Anse Citron, but since 1763 called after the famous Minister, the Due de Choiseul, through whose efforts the island was secured to France). Laborie (pop. 1,500), the next port of call, is a charmingly picturesque village, which owes its name to Baron de Laborie, the very popular Governor in ‘1784. At Vieux Fort, where the first sugar works were estab- lished in the island in 1765, there is another central sugar factory, and the extension of the trip to this place gives the visitor an opportunity of passing round the base of the two conical mountains known as the Pitons, or the Peaks, which form prominent landmarks on the leeward coast. Some writers have stated that the Gros Piton resembles the main peak of the Canigou, near Arles in the Pyrenees; but unlike the St. Lucia peaks, that mountain is quite destitute...”
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“...194 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES to hold 10,500 gallons of water. A splendid view of Kingstown, the southern part of the island, and several of the islets in the Grenadines, can be obtained from the citadel. Another popular ride or walk is to Dorsetshire Hill, on which there used to be barracks for the troops, to the north-east of Kingstown, and to the head of the Kings- town waterworks below Mount St. Andrew, from which the view is superb. The route lies along the lane running past the west end of the cathedral. The reservoir, 1,500 feet above Kingstown, which is supplied from Mount St. Andrew, has a capacity of 600,000 gallons. Dorsetshire Hill was the scene of much fighting during the wars with the French and the Caribs. The fortifica- tions, which consisted only of earthworks, have long since disappeared. To the north on Miller’s Ridge guns still he dismounted on the ground. An excellent school has recently been built on Dorset- shire Hill to replace one...”
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“... he became proprietor of the hot springs over which, out of good will towards his fellow creatures, he erected convenient baths, and at a short distance a large and expensive stone edifice for the accommodation of invalids. This stone was put up by his widow. The old Bath House Hotel, a conspicuous building a little more than quarter mile to the south-west of Charles- town, should certainly be inspected. It serves as a link with the past, when Nevis was the most popular island in the Caribbean for white people and a fashionable health resort. It is here that are situated the famous hot springs known as “ The Bath,” which have a temperature of 1080 Fahr., and prove of undoubted efficacy in the treat- ment of gout, lumbago, sciatica, and kindred ills to which the flesh is heir. The Bath House was erected late in the eighteenth century by John Huggins, a merchant of Charlestown, whose remains lie in a vault in St. Paul’s Church (see above). The actual date of its...”
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“... or other. The site is well sheltered from prevailing winds to the south and east. An abundant supply of water is available from the mains of Roseau reservoir, which pass through the middle of the station. The Bar Gate of Loubière, a quarter mile south of Roseau, is a narrow pass which was the scene of the successful defence of the colony when it was attacked by General La Grange in 1805 (see page 240). The famous Sulphur Springs of Wootton Waven (within easy reach of Roseau by motor-car), which are said to afford a remarkable cure for rhéumatism and aches and pains in general, are an hour’s ride from Roseau. The excursion to the Waterfalls, a ride of if hours up the beautiful Roseau Valley, is deservedly popular. Another favourite expedition, and one which will give the visitor an insight into the glories of tropical scenery, is that to the Freshwater Lake in the interior of the island. The lake is situated at an altitude of 3,000 feet, and can be reached on horse-back...”
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“...JAMAICA 261 Montego Bay can also be reached once a week via St. Ann’s Bay by motor-car (126 miles) which leaves Gardner’s Store, Harbour Street, every Friday at 8.30 a.m. Fare £1 10s. per seat. The s.s. Remelik leaves Kingston for Santiago (Cuba) every Friday and the United Fruit Company’s steamer every, Wednesday as a rule. _ . Kingston has a very fine service of electric trains which tra- verse the principal streets, proceeding as far as Constant Spring to the north and Rock Fort to the east. SPORTS. Lawn tennis is played at the Liguanea Club at Knutsford Park, near Halfway Tree, at the St. Andrew Club at the Cross Roads and on the ground of the Kingston C.C. at I Sabina Park, and at many hotels, boarding houses, and private homes. The Golf Links of the Jamaica Golf Club are at Constant Spring.; and there are links also at the Liguanea Club. Cricket . is very popular and the clubs devoted to that game include those of Kingston, Kensington, the Garrison, Melbourne...”
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“...2Ó4 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES and health-giving sea breeze that blows every afternoon and is appropriately called “ the Doctor.” Harbour Street is intersected near the centre by King Street, the most important thoroughfare in Kingston, which extends from the water front to Victoria Park, and beyond that again to the northern limits of the city. Near the water side is a statue of Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor from 1839 to *842, by Edward Hodges Baily, R.A., a pupil of Flaxman, which was first erected in Spanish Town, the House of Assembly voting .£3,000 for the purpose. It was subsequently placed at the top of King Street, but was removed to its present site in 1898, to make room for a statue of Queen Victoria. It now stands on a pedestal which for some years supported Bacon’s statue of Rodney, now at Spanish Town. Sir Charles Metcalfe, who was one of Jamaica’s most popular Governors, is represented bareheaded and wear- ing the insignia of the Bath. On the...”
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“...28o POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES boundary between Kingston and St. Catherine, just before the seventh milestone and the huge silk-cotton tree near by, referred to in “ Tom Cringle’s Log,” whose trunk is described as twenty feet through of solid timber; that is, not including the enormous spars that shoot out like buttresses, and end in strong twisted roots, . that strike deep into the earth and form stays, as it were, to the tree in all directions.” The " Ferry Inn,” which was once a popular " half- way house,” has long since fallen from its high estate, the need for it having been obviated since the con- struction of the railway. Lady Nugent makes several references to it in her Joumal. * She visited it on various occasions in 1803, and wrote : I was much entertained ; for the Inn is situated on the road between Kingston and Spanish Town, and it was very diverting to see the odd figures and extraordinary equipages constantly passing—kittareens, sulkies, mules...”
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“...290 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES Vere a splendid road passing the Salt River and Cockpit River leads to Old Harbour. Williamsfield (53' miles, two hours 20 minutes from Kingston) is the station for Mandeville (2,061 feet), a popular resort which owes its name to the second title of the Duke of Manchester, Governor in 1808. The village (5 miles from the station) has its church, school- house, and Court House. Many enjoyable drives can be taken to places in the neighbourhood, one to Spur Tree Hill being deservedly popular. Conveyances may be obtained for the drive to Malvern in the Santa Cruz Mountains (28 miles), which can, however, be reached more expeditiously from Balaclava Station (701 miles from Kingston by rail). Near Balaclava Station are the celebrated Oxford Caves in the May Day Mountains on Oxford Pen, about 1,000 feet above sea-level. The various galleries and halls which extend for several hundred yards under the mountains contain many curious...”
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“...GUADELOUPE 307 I Commerce. It is run on different lines from those of clubs in the British and American islands and is poorly patronised. The members all belong to one political party. There is also a small club in Pointe-h-Pitre. SIGHTS. Basse Terre, the seat of Government of Guadeloupe, stands near the south end of the leeward coast of the mountainous division of the colony lying to the west of the Rivière Salée. It dates from 1643, but its glory departed with the establishment of Pointe- a-Pitre, which soon usurped its position as the chief commercial town of Guadeloupe. It offers now few attractions to the visitor beyond the novelty of its surroundings. The port has three piers, the centre one of which is a popular resort at sunset. On gaining the shore one reaches the Cours-Nolivos, the principal promenade.^ Another open space is the Champ d’Arbaud, planted with handsome royal palms and mango trees. Here races are held annually on July 14th. Beyond this again...”
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“... corvette Curieux which lay in the harbour of Fort Royal. The funeral of this brave and popular officer...”
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“...ST. JOHN 331 last century it had about 3,000 whites and free coloured persons, besides 2,500 slaves, and this was its condition up to the time of emancipation. The “ bay leaf ” tree {Pimento. acris), whose fragrant leaves are used in the manufacture of that most agreeable toilet requisite known as bay rum, of which there are several manu- factories in St. Thomas, is a growth of the island. The leaves are conveyed to St. Thomas, where the bay rum, which has become so popular throughout America, is distilled. Notwithstanding the unimportance of the place, those who have a day or two to spare, and can enjoy a little boating as well as “ roughing it ” in the matter of accom- modation, will find that a trip to it will fully repay them. There is much fine scenery about St. John, and the island has a romantic side to its history, having enjoyed its own little slave insurrection in the old days long gone by....”
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“...PORTO RICO 337 the only really first-class hotel in Porto Rico. All its rooms have private baths. Board and lodging from $8.oo per day. The Palace Hotel and the Hotels Inglaterra, Eureka, Roma, Caribe, apd Central. Rooms, $1.50 to $3.00 per day. Ponce. Hotels FranfaisaniMelia. Rooms, $1.50 to $5.00 per day. Mayagiiez. Hotels Palmer and Paris. Board and lodging, $1.50 to $2.50 per day. SPORTS. Since American occupation, baseball has been played ; but opportunities for visitors with athletic tastes are fewe.r than in most other West Indian islands. The Condado Vanderbilt Hotel has good golflinks on which visitors can play for a reasonable fee. Dancing is popular. Masquerade balls are held every year during the Carnival at the municipal theatres. CLUBS. The principal club in San Juan is the Casino de Puerto Rico. There are also the Spanish Club ; the Ateneo de Puerto Rico (the Athenaeum) in the Plaza Principal, and a Country Club near the Park, and the Union Club...”
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“... (see page 369). 1 Other churches of note are those of Santo Domingo [.(begun in 1578), Santa Catalina (1700), and La Merced (1744), which has several oil paintings of merit. Permission to visit one or more of the numerous Tobacco factories can readily be obtained. Here, while I the employees manufacture the cigars for which Havana I is justlv famous, an individual lightens the monotony ' of their labours by reading aloud some popular work or newspaper to them. There is no lack of diversions in Havana. The Chinese section is of interest to the unsophisticated traveller, and there are numerous cabarets. French and Spanish opera companies occasionally visit the National Theatre a handsome building—in winter. The most characteristic game is that of jai-alai, known in Spain as “pelota, which is interesting and exciting to watch. Marianao Beach, on the Gulf of Mexico (10 miles west of Havana by electric train every fifteen minutes from Concha Station, Carlos III Street, or...”
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“... Government, because they are unaware of what is happening; but I assume the responsi- bility and am convinced that my conduct will receive the approval of Her Majesty, inasmuch as my action is on behalf of Humanity and Civilization, and I require you to immediately suspend the filthy butchery now going on. I do not think it will be necessary for me to say what my procedure will be, should my demands not receive attention .-^Lambton Loraine, November 8th, 1873. * Santiago is an extremely picturesque town with its irregular streets of brightly coloured houses with red- tiled roofs, its plazas, and its many trees. The best shops are in Marina Street—which extends from the Plaza to the bay—and San Tomas Street. Along the bay is the Alameda, a charming drive-way, which is deservedly popular. One of the favourite expeditions from Santiago is to the battlefields of San Juan and El Caney (4 miles), which now comprise a public park. A simple column,...”