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“... island of New Providence. Four years later 200 Zeelanders rom Flushing landed, but within a year they too were driven away by the Indians, who were goaded on by the Spanish. In 1641 James, Duke of Courland, sent out two shiploads of settlers, who were followed in 1654 by Dutch colonists collected by two Flushing merchants, who established themselves on the southern coast. A dispute soon arose between the two groups of settlers, and in 1658 the Courlanders were com-...”
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“...156 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES pletely overpowered by the Dutch, who remained in sole possession of the whole island until 1662. In that year the Dutch resigned the right to it, and Cornelius Lampsius, one of the founders of the colony, was created Baron of Tobago and proprietor of the island under the Crown of France. In 1664 the grant of the island to the Duke of Courland was renewed. The Dutch refused to recognise his title, and in 1666 the island was captured by privateers from Jamaica. A small garrison was left, but within a year it was compelled to surrender to a few Frenchmen from Grenada, who in their turn abandoned the colony in 1667, leaving the Dutch in possession. In 1672 Sir Tobias Bridges, with troops from Barbados, broke up the Dutch settlement; but the Dutch returned, only to be defeated by a French fleet under Count D’Estrées after one unsuccessful attack in 1677. Louis XIV. re- stored the island to the Duke of Courland, who in 1682 transferred his...”
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“... been shipwrecked and the slaves having fled to the forests and intermarried with the Caribs. These black Caribs became the pre- dominant race. In 1722 the island was granted by George I. to the Duke of Montague, who sent out a strong body of colonists, but the French demanded that the island should remain neutral, and their protests were recognised by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. St. Vincent was cap- tured by Monckton in 1762, and British colonisa- tion proceeded, though the division of lands gave rise to many disputes, and the Caribs refused...”
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“... Barbadians. The French were overpowered; but, owing to sickness and native wars, the colonists by 1666 had evacuated the island. In 1718 a grant of St. Lucia was made to Marshal d’Estrées, who sent out an expedition to colonise the island; but the English remonstrated, and no effective settlement resulted.. Four years later the island was granted by George L to the Duke of Montague, who also sent out a strong body of colonists, and an effort was made to land in the teeth of a French force from Mar- tinique. It was- agreed, that hath nations should-....”
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“... 1782. St. Lucia was restored to the French by the Treaty of Versailles, which followed. During the French Revolution the Maroon negroes gave great trouble, and in 1794 Admiral Jervis, after- wards Lord St. Vincent, took St. Lucia, the Morne Fortunée being captured on 4th April in that year by the Duke of Kent, the father of Queen Victoria, but it was recovered by Victor Hugues, the French republican, who was a friend of Robespierre, in 1795. Abercromby and Sir John Moore were sent out to subdue St. Lucia, and though the N...”
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“...2i2 GUIDE TO THÊ WEST INDIES Harbour, which is next to it, by a narrow isthmus, and with very little trouble the two might be made one magnificent harbour, which could easily be defended by forts on the high .hills surrounding it. Only occasionally do ships now visit the harbour; and the dockyard, with its group of yellow barracks and stores with red roofs, though trim and tidy, is deserted. For many years even the mail steamers have forsaken English Harbour for St. John’s on the leeward side of the island. The best point from which to see the harbour is near Clarence House, a building on a side of the hill opposite the dockyard, which was erected by English stone-masons for Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence—afterwards William IV.______ when he was Admiral in command of the West Indies Station. In descending from Clarence House to the harbour the manchineel trees should be treated with respect. The milky juice, which exudes from their leaves and stems when...”
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“...XXIV _ WmÊ W&sm Wmmm Photo] [A..E. Aspinalï THE DOCKYARD, ENGLISH HARBOUR, ANTIGUA Where Nelson refitted his ships when pursuing Villeneuve in 1£££. XXV paLyt WÉÊÈSÊÊÊt mmm phot°\ [A.E.Aspinatm CAMELFORD S ANCHOR, ENGLISH HARBOUR, ANTIGUA The house on the hill was built for the Duke of Clarence, afterwards King William IV....”
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“...228 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES country that the chief attractions of Nevis lie. Fig Tree Fig Tree Church, where the Register containing Church. tjje entry 0f the certificate of Nelson’s marriage to Mrs. Nisbet, a resident of Nevis, is kept, is ij miles from Charlestown. The entry of the marriage certificate, which runs: “1787, March nth, Horatio Nelson, Esquire, Captain of His Majesty’s ship the Boreas, to Frances Herbert Nisbet, widow,” is shown to visitors. At the time of her wedding the bride was in her twenty-third year, and her late husband, a doctor, had been dead for eighteen months. The Duke of Clarence, afterwards King William IV., was best man at the wedding. The ruins of Montpelier, where the ceremony was performed, are also pointed out. The view from the church, over a wide expanse of sea, the town, and the whole length of St Kitts with St. Eustatius beyond, is very beautiful. A Round the drive round the island is to be recommended. The island» ^stance is...”
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“...DOMINICA 239 after burning Roseau—accidentally, it is stated and exacting a payment of ^12,000 from the inhabitants, they withdrew after five days. The centenary of this period, which is still spoken of locally as La Grange, was celebrated in Dominica in 1905, when an exchange of courtesies by cable took place between the officers of the, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, which formed part of the defending force, and the Administrator of the colony. A dinner was held in honour of the occasion, at which plate presented to the regiment by the grateful colonists was used. The local government in Dominica, which Constitu- was incorporated with the Leeward Islands in } 1833, is conducted by an Administrator, assisted by an Executive Council of ten members. In . ƒ, 1 July 1898, the Legislative Assembly, which was previously partly elected and partly nominated, passed an Act abrogating itself, and substituting the Crown Colony system. The new Council consists of twelve...”
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“...INDEX Cattle, 249, 269 Cavalries, 179 Cayey, 279 Cayman Islands, 2, 100, 103 Cereals, 250 Cerro de Aripo, 131 Chacachacare, 131, 151 Chacon, Don Josef Maria, 134, 146 Chaguanas, 137 Chalky Mount, 68 Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Joseph, 222 Charaibes. See Caribs Charcoal, 249 Charles I., 61, 155, 19.1 Charles II., 122, 249 Charles V. of Spain, 42 Charlestown, 225, 226, 227 Charlotte Amalia, 262, 264 Charlotte Town, 171. See Gou- yave Chase, Colonel, family vault of, 76 Chateaubelair, 185 Cherry Tree Hill, 75 Chinese introduced into British Guiana, 45 “ Choc," Races at, 196 Choiseul, 194, 195, 199 Christiansted, 269, 270 Church of England, 47 City of Gold, mythical, 82 Ciudad Bolivar, 132, 139 Clarence, Duke of, 212, 228 Clarence House, 212 Clarendon Park, in Clarkson, Thomas, and slavery, 42 Claxton Bay, 137, 146 Climate, 4, 59, 81, 104, 133, 154, 163, 175. I91» 204, 218, 226, 232. 237, 249, 250, 253, 263, 269, 274, 277, 280 Clothing, 27 Cloves, 162...”
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“..., 292, 294 Jamaica, books on, 53 Jamaica Institute, 117, 120 Jamaica Tourist Information Bureau, 115, 128 Jamestown, 61 Jerningham Junction, 137 Jews, 47 Joe's River Halt, 65 John Brewer’s Bay, 267 Josephine, home of the Empress, 252 Jost van Dyke, 246, 247 Judlee, Captain, 192 Kaieteur Falls, 79, 95 Kendal, 111 Kent, Duke of, 193 King’s House, Kingston, 120,123 Kingsley, Charles, 70, 135,143 Kingston, Jamaica, 34, 101, 107, ] no, in, 114, 115-117 Kingston Woods Halt, 65 Kingstown, St. Vincent, 174, 1 177-187 Kir van, Patrick, 210 Kola, 162 Koninklijke West-Indische Mail j Dienst, 19 Kyk-over-al, 82 L’Abys, 243 La Brea, 148 La Désirade, 251 La Grange, General, 238 La Vigée, 197, 198 Labat, Père, 51, 241 Laborie, 195, 199 Labour question, the, 41, 43, 44, 1 45.94.130 Lampsius, Cornelius, Baron of I Tobago, 156 Language, 50 Laundry, 51 Lavington, Ralph, Lord, 210 Layou, 185 Layou, River, 235 Leapers’ Hill, the, 172 L’Échelle, crater of, 250...”
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“..., 127 Minerals, 274 Molascuit, 79, 81 311 Molasses, 58, 59, 79, 81,132, 174, 287-290 Mole, St. Nicolas, 274 Moloney, Sir Alfred, 144 Monckton, General, 176, 193 Moneague, 108, 128 Money, 12 Money orders, 40 Monkey Hill, 224 Monkeys, wild, 75 Monos Island, 131, 136, 151 Montagne Pelée, 5,182, 245,252, 253, 255-260 Montague, Duke of, 176, 192 Montego Bay, 109, no, in, 113, 114 Montgomery, Earl of, 134, 155 Montpelier, 109, in, 128 Montpelier, ruins of, 228 Montserrat, 2, 5, 203, 230-233, 236, 298 Montserrat District, Trinidad, 146 Moore, Lieut.-Governor Henry, 123 Moore, Sir John, 193 Morant Bay, 113 Morant Cays, 100 Moravians, 47 Morawhanna, 87 Morne des Sauteurs, 172 Morne Diablotin, 234 Morne Fédon, 171 Morne Fortunée, 193, 194, 197, 198 Morne Nicholls, 244 Moskito Bay, 267 Motor cars, no Mount Canaries, 188 Mount Conil, 253 Mount Everard, 84 Mount Misery, 216, 224 Mount Sage, 246 Mount St. Andrew, 173, 179, 187 Mount St. Catherine, 161...”