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“... Piiles away.
Several of the coastal steamer services having been
modified, visitors are advised to consult the local
agents as to the hours of arrival and departure, &c.
A notablè addition to the clubs in the West Indies ciiibs.
is the Savannah Club in Barbacjos, which has its
headquarters in the clock tower on the Savannah,
and owns a polo ground, lawn-tennis courts, and golf
links. Mention should also be made of the social
club at Montego Bay in Jamaica. To both, visitors
are admitted on introduction by a member.
The address of the Tourists Information Bureau Enquiries,
in Jamaica is now 10 King Street, Kingston. The
Citizens’ Association at Montego bay, in the same
Island, supplies full particulars regarding excursions,
&c. The West India Committee (15 Seething Lane,
London, E.C.) are always glad to give advice to
prospective visitors to the West Indies.
The prepaid postage on letters between the U.K. Postage,
and the West Indies is now id. per ounce....”
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“... croquet is played. There are
several tennis clubs, such as Belleville and Strath-
Polo. dyde, where play is above the average. Polo
is played twice a week on the garrison Savannah.
Golf. There are private golf links at “Porters” and
“Kent,” and the Savannah has been leased to
the Sports Club, which encourages racing, polo,
tennis, and golf, the Clock Tower being now
turned into a Club House. Sailing boats can
Fishing, be hired. Good line fishing can be had,
Bathing, and the bathing is excellent at Hastings,
Warsaw, Worthing, the Crane, and Fresh Water
Bay.
social The Bridgetown Club, one of the best social
Clubs....”
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“...114 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
Arrive Montego Bay
2 p.m. Monday.
4 p-m. „
„ Lucea
„ Sav.-la-Mar
,, Black River
i p.m. „
5 P-M- n
io a.m. Tuesday.
„ Alligator Pond
„ Kingston .
Noon Wednesday.
The coastal steamer of the Imperial Direct
West India Mail Service Co. follows the same
route, leaving Kingston every Tuesday at 7 a.m.
The agent of the company in Jamaica is Mr.
E. A. H. Haggart, who has an office in Kingston.
The fare round the island is only £3, first class.
Sports. Cricket is king in Jamaica, and the cricket
Cricket, dubs include Kingston, the Garrison, Melbourne,
Fbotball. an<^ Lucas. Football also has its votaries in the
Tennis, cooler months, and lawn tennis and croquet are
played all the year round. Tennis tournaments,
open to strangers if introduced, are held at the
Polo. St. Andrew’s Club, at the Cross Roads. Polo is
very popular, and is played weekly at the Camp
and on the ground of the Kingston Polo Club.
Golf. The links of the St. Andrew’s...”
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“... minor meetings are
held in the country during the year, one always
taking place between Christmas and New Year’s
Day; apart from the very fair sport to be enjoyed,
the assemblage of so many races in quaint cos-
tumes in the Queen’s Park is a sight well worth
seeing. The members of the Trinidad Polo Club Polo,
play twice a week on the Savannah, and are “ at
home” to visitors on the second day. The St.
Andrew’s Golf Club has a large membership and
well-kept links on the Savannah. There is also
a Baseball Club, and football is played con- Baseball.
YirtPytr turrw /- hi. M a. ZsO
- £4...”
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“...‘Stores.”
General
lip Post Office.
Savannah.
I; Government
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citizens, Mr. Hipolite Borde. Port of Spain has
excellent stores, as the shops are called, built
of stone or concrete, with lantern roofs and orna-
mental iron galleries, and every conceivable
necessity of life can be obtained in Frederick
Street and Marine Square. The General Post
Office in St. Vincent Street is open from 7 a.m.
to 4 p.m. ; on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to noon;
and on Sundays and public holidays from 7 a.m.
to 8 p.m. The Savannah, known as Queen’s
Park, an extensive open space of nearly 130 acres,
is the centre of life in Trinidad, round which
is the fashionable residential quarter. It has few
trees except round the edge, but a clump of cabbage
palms popularly known as the Seven Sisters forms
a particularly noticeable feature. The Savannah
is covered with grass, on which golf, polo, base-
ball, football, and other games are played. It
is here also...”
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“..., 100
Pembroke, Earl of, 61
Penal Settlement, 87, 88
Penn, Admiral, 105
“ Pepper pot” recipe, 8
Perkins, Mr. H. J., 79
Peru, 145
Peter’s Island, 246
Peterson, Lieut., 212
Petroleum, 59, 75
Philippsburg, 271
Phosphate of alumina, 203
Phosphate of lime, 203, 247
Photography, 29
Physicians, 5
Pickford & Black Steamship Co.,
Ltd., 13, 21
Picton, General, 141
Pigeon Island, 189, 199
Pigeon Point, 152
Pimento, 103, 104, 129
Pine-apples, 203
Pinzon’s voyage, 81
Pitch Lake, 132, 148
Piton Flor, 198
Pi tons, the, 189, 200
Pitons of Carbet, the, 252
“ Placer” washing (gold), 80
Plantain Garden River, 101
Plum Point, 35
Plymouth, Montserrat, 230, 233
Plymouth, Tobago, 153
Point Galera, 152
Point Mulatre, 240
Point Petit, 152
Pointe-è.-Pierre, 137
Pointe-è-Pitre, 18, 250, 252
Pointe Michel, la, 240, 243, 245
" Poison tree,” 212
Polo. See Sports
Ponce, 279, 281
Population, 41
Port Antonio, 101, 108, no, hi,
113, 129
Port Maria, 113
Port Morant, 113
Port of...”
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