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PREFACE
in helping those who have already embarked on
one, it will amply serve its purpose. No detailed
description is given of the Bahamas, as they fall
under rather a different category, not only indus-
trially, but also from a tourist’s point of view,
inasmuch as they are off what is commonly called
the “ beaten track.” On the other hand, British
Guiana, though on the mainland of South America,
finds a place in these pages, as, owing to the in-
terests which it has in common with the islands,
and to its close proximity to them, it is popularly
considered to be an integral part of the West
Indies. British Honduras is not, however, in-
cluded, as it is difficult to reach that colony from
the West Indies.
With regard to the foreign islands, the great
size of Cuba makes it impossible to deal with it
adequately in the present volume, and as a visit to
Hayti is not as yet to be recommended to the
average tourist, owing to the absence of modern
sanitary...”
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“..., and the Caymans, (4) Trinidad and
Tobago, (5) the Windward Islands, including
St Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada and the Grena-
dines, and (6) the Leeward Islands, comprising
Antigua, with Barbuda and Redonda, St. Kitts,
Nevis and Anguilla, Montserrat, Dominica and
the Virgin Islands. The colonies of British
Guiana on the mainland of South America and
British Honduras in Central America are also
generally considered part of the British West
Indies, owing to their proximity and to the...”
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“... (British Guiana), Dominica,
Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vin-
cent, and Tobago, ^20; Antigua, Nevis or St.
Kitts, by steamer direct to St. Kitts, ^17, ios.
The Harrison Line (Richard Bulman & Co., From
of Mersey Chambers, Liverpool). Cargo steamers LlverP°°1-
from Liverpool to Barbados, Trinidad, and Belize
(British Honduras). Fares : Barbados and Trini-
dad» 7> ios.; Belize, ^25.
Frederick Leyland Co. (1900) Ltd. (27 James...”
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“...ST. VINCENT
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allegiance to the King. Consequently, troops were
introduced from North America, anjl after some
desultory fighting a treaty was concluded in 17731
by which the Caribs acknowledged the supremacy
of the British and were granted the large tract of
land referred to above in the north of the island.
In 1779, during the course of the war between
France and England, which had begun in the pre-
ceding year, St. Vincent was surrendered to the
French, but it was restored to Great Britain in
1783 by the Treaty of Versailles. During the
French Revolution in 1795 the island was overrun
by the Caribs, who were assisted by the French.
They burnt the cane fields, plundered the houses,
and murdered many of the colonists, who were
confined to Kingstown. This state of affairs con-
tinued until June 1796, when Sir Ralph Aber-
cromby suppressed the rising, and the bulk of the
Caribs were deported to the island of Rattan, in
the bay of Honduras.
St. Vincent, one of...”
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“...302 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
Turks Islands.
The Royal Standard (weekly).
Trinidad.
The Mirror (daily). The Port of Spain Gazette
(daily, Sundays included).
Antigua.
The Antigua Standard (weekly).
St. Kitts.
The St. Christopher Gazette (weekly). The
St. Kitts Daily Express (daily).
Dominica.
The Dominica Guardian. The Dominican.
The Leeward Islands Free Press. (All weekly.)
Grenada.
St. George’s Chronicle (weekly). The Federalist.
St. Lucia.
The Voice of St. Lucia (weekly). The St Lucia
Guardian (weekly).'
St. Vincent.
The Times (weekly). The Sentry (weekly).
British Honduras.
The Clarion (weekly). The Colonial Guardian
(weekly).
The Imperial Department of Agriculture, of 1
which the headquarters are at Bridgetown, Bar-
bados, issues The Agricultural News, a weekly
journal devoted to Agriculture, and a monthly
Bulletin. The Botanical Departments of Jamaica j
and Trinidad also issue agricultural and scientific
Bulletins periodically, and for those...”
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“...THE HOMEWARD VOYAGE
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West Indian affairs generally there is the fort-
nightly West India Committee Circular, the
official organ of the West India Committee, an
association in London, established early in the
eighteenth century, whose members, now over a
thousand in number, were incorporated by Royal
Charter by the King in 1904. Its objects are
to promote the trade and industries, and thus
increase the general welfare, of the British West
Indies, British Guiana, and British Honduras.
THE HOMEWARD VOYAGE
The reader having now been taken through
British Guiana and the various West Indian
islands, and introduced to their several industries,
there remains nothing to be added except, per-
haps, a few words regarding the homeward voyage.
Though “ Home,” as the creole always calls the
mother country, whether he has visited it or not,
has its magic attraction for creole, colonist, and
tourist alike, the return voyage, which might be
expected to be fraught with more...”
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“..., Sir Tobias, 156
Bridgetown (Barbados), 61,63, 65
Briggs, Sir Graham, 75
Brighton sugar estate, 217
Brimstone Hill, 223, 225
Bristol, sailings from, 16
British Cotton Growing Associa-
tion, the, 297
British Guiana, 2, 6, 8, 7S-D9,289,
290, 291
British Guiana, books on, 53
British Guiana Bank, the, 13
British Honduras, 2
Brown’s Town, 109
Brussels Convention, the, 286
Buccaneers, the, 106, 121, 266,
275
Buen Ayre, 282
Buff Bay, 123
Bulkeley, 65
Bushy Park, Barbados, 65
Bushy Park, Jamaica, 111
Cabbage Palm, 7, 70
Cablegrams, 38. See table at
end
Cacao. . See Cocoa
Caicos Island, 2, 100
California, 137
Calliaqua, 186
Cambridge, m
Camelford, Lord, 212-214
Camelford’s Anchor, 212
Canada, sailings from, 21
Cannibals, 82
Cannouan Island, 174
Caparo, 137
Carapichaima, 137
Carenage Harbour, 162, 168,169
Carenage Town, 169
Caribbean Islands, 61, 62
Caribs, the, 41,155,164,172,174,
176, 192, 205, 218, 237,263
Carlisle, Earl of, 61-62, 176, 191,
205, 237...”
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“...SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE BRITISH WEST INDIES
COLONY.
Discovered by
Origin of Name.
The Bahamas. .
Barbados . . .
British Guiana .
Columbus, 1st voyage, 1493.
Portuguese, about 1536.
Columbus, 3rd voyage, i4g8.
I rom an Indian name. Guanahani was
the native name of St. Salvador.
Called by Portuguese Los Barbados, after
bearded fig-trees found there.
An Indian word meaning “ water.”
British Honduras . .
Jamaica............
Turks Islands. . .
Caicos Islands . .
The Cayman Islands
Trinidad...........
Tobago............
Windward Islands
Grenada . . .
St. Vincent . .
St. Lucia . . .
Leeward Islands
Antigua...........
St. Kitts.........
Nevis.............
Anguilla..........
Montserrat . . ■
Dominica..........
The Virgin Islands
Columbus, 4th voyage, 1503.
Columbus, 2nd voyage, ,4^4.
Columbus, 1st voyage, 1403,
Columbus, 2nd voyage, 1495.
Columbus,'2nd voyage, 14^4.
The Spanish Honduras “ depths,” owing
to difficulty found in anchoring.
Xaymaca...”
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