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“..., rendering these months par- ticularly pleasing, and, speaking generally, year in and year out, the favourable features of the West Indian climate far outnumber the bad. There are well-qualified physicians in each Health, of the British islands and British Guiana; but tourists who adopt the usual precautions as to diet and mode of living should not require to have recourse to their services. It used to be said that the best way to ensure good health was to keep the pores of the skin open and the mouth shut! Owing to the moisture in the air and the...”
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“... somewhat of a movable feast. It may be put on the table at any time between 10 and 12.30, according to the locality, and it will be found to partake more of the nature of luncheon at home. Tea follows at 4.30 or 5, and dinner at the usual time of 7 or 7.30. At first, the difference in the hour of meals in various islands is rather bewildering!, but the visitor soon gets accustomed to the changed conditions. The cost of a visit to the West Indies must, of course, depend very largely upon the tastes and the temperament of the individual. While...”
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“...GENERAL INFORMATION ii at sea, there are, after the ticket has been paid for, no expenses except for wines, &c., and the in- evitable tips. With regard to the latter, it may be "Tips.” mentioned that to ensure the best attendance it is a good plan to give the cabin steward and waiter their tips in two instalments, half at the begin- ning of the voyage, with a promise of further largess if satisfaction is given. * For a voyage of twelve days it is usual to give the cabin steward £1, the waiter at table ios., the bathroom steward 5s., and the boots 2s. 6d. On shore, ten percent, of the amount of the charge or bill will be found to be a good basis for calculating the amount of tips. At most of the hotels and lodgings in the Hotels and West Indies, from 8s. 4d. to 12s. 6d. per day is Lodgings' the minimum charge for board and lodging. Added to this must be the expenses of various expeditions, involving the use of buggies, horses, boats and trains but the tourist will...”
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“...28 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES should invariably be worn next the skin, and linen suits, which are provocative of chills, avoided. Warm clothing must not be doffed too soon at sea, and on no account should it be sent home, as it is essential for the homeward voyage. For men, thin flannel suits, breeches and gaiters, and thin dress clothes, canvas shirts, with merino or silk underwear, and pyjamas, are most suitable. Ladies should take their usual thin summer dresses, but shun openwork blouses, which are a source of great attraction to mos- quitoes, and, owing to the action of the sun, give the wearer the appearance of being tattooed when she appears in evening dress. Hats should be shady and of as light weight as possible, and ladies should always wear wool or silk next the skin. They should also provide light wraps for pro- tection against chills in the evenings, and heavier ones for travelling by sea. For night attire a material called India Gauze, mixed with silk...”
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“...36 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES concluded, that our little leakie companion,” a small vessel which had been keeping up with them, “ was buried.” Off the islands called “ the deserts,” a sail was sighted which “ we doubted was a Turke”; and “made us putt ourselves in a posture of defence, and the next morning, findeing that he had chased us all night ... we prepared all things for a fight, and continued in that posture all the day and night.” On arriving at Madeira they were “ verry neare loosing our shippe, the master being unacquainted, and comeing too boldely in near the shoar, in a daingerous place.” On Tuesday, the 18th, they crossed the Tropic of Cancer, and were much diverted by the flying fish, “which, though common at sea, may be a subject of wonder to such as are home-bred . . . they fly in whole shoales, but not very farre, for no sooner are their wings dry, but they drop into theire element, the water. It is usual for them to fly into the shipps. We had one...”
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“...GENERAL INFORMATION 41 within the usual limits of ordinary parcel delivery express for a special fee of 5d. prepaid. The population of the West Indies, taken as a Population, whole, is of a very cosmopolitan character, includ- j ing as it does Negroes, East Indians, Chinese, Corsicans, and Portuguese; besides the English, | Spanish, French, Dutch, and Danish Colonists and their descendants, and latterly, too, Americans. The larger islands — Cuba, San Domingo, and Jamaica—appear to have been inhabited at the time of their discovery by a gentle and timid race, the Arouagues, while the smaller islands were peopled by the Charaibes or Caribs, who arrived from unknown parts in fleets of canoes. The Arouagues or Arawaks were soon exterminated; but the Caribs were for very many years a source of trouble. Even now there are many families of pure-blooded Caribs in Dominica and a few also in St. Vincent, where nearly all the remaining people of this race in the island lost...”
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“...GENERAL INFORMATION 51 by the wealthier classes, and of course a know- ledge of these languages enhances the pleasure of a visit to Venezuela. Jane Anne Smith, the buxom black laundress The who used to salute passengers on their arrival at Laundry' Barbados, taking from them their “ washing ” and selling to them her famous Barbados hot sauce is —alas!—no more; but she has many imitators. Some are good and others exceedingly bad. It behoves tourists therefore to make the closest in- I quiries before submitting their garments to them. In most of the islands the laundry work is good, and the hotels are in touch with the best artistes. In British Guiana the Chinese undertake washing 1 with the usual satisfactory results. They are past masters in the art of cleansing clothes. BOOKS ON THE WEST INDIES Many books have been written about the West Indies; but most of the older and standard works are now, unfortunately, out of print. The follow- ing list includes the...”
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“... afterwards, it was re- quisite to open the vault again for an admission of a member of the family, when the coffins were found to have been displaced as on the former occasion; the family now became anxious to ascertain the truth, and particular pains were taken in securing the wall, and fine sand was thrown over the floor of the vault, so that, if a person should enter it from any other part than the usual entrance, marks might be left behind. Lord Combermere was residing in 1820 in the neighbourhood of the church, and, having been...”
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“...JAMAICA 107 Officer, Colonial Secretary, Attorney - General, Director of Public Works, and Collector-General, and such other persons, not exceeding ten in number, as His Majesty may from time to time appoint, or as the Governor may from time to time provisionally appoint, and fourteen persons elected by the people. The Council is dissolved at the end of five years from the last preceding general election, if it has not been previously dissolved. There is also a Privy Council, with the usual powers and functions of an Executive Council. It consists of the Lieutenant-Governor, if any; the Senior Military Officer in command, the Colonial Secre- tary, and Attorney-General, and such other per- sons, not to exceed eight in number, as may be named by the King, or provisionally appointed by the Governor subject to the approval of His Majesty. The Governor presides at each meet- ing, and the Governor and two members form a quorum. Jamaica has many very good hotels...”
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“...164 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES it is nearly twice as much. The island is practi- cally free from hurricanes, there having been four occasions only on which it is known to have been visited by gales of hurricane strength. Near the sea-level the maximum mean temperature is 90° Fahr., and the minimum 68° Fahr., but in the mountains it often falls below 6o° Fahr. The death rate is only 21 per thousand, a figure which, bearing in mind the usual infant mortality, must be considered low. History. It is not known when Grenada received its present name, but it appears that it was called Concepcion by Columbus, who discovered it in 1498, on his third journey. In 1650 Du Parquet, the Governor of Martinique, who was a nephew of D’Esnambuc, the first French coloniser in the West Indies, having purchased the island from the French “ Company of the Islands of America,” started for it immediately with 200 men, and, having taken formal possession of it, built a fort there and...”
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“...ST. VINCENT i85 by the weirdness of the scene we had witnessed, and covered with the still thickly falling grey dust. . . . The awful scene was again renewed yesterday (Thursday, the 8th) and again to-day. At about 8 a.m. the volcano shot out an imijiense volume of material which was carried in a cloud over Georgetown and its neighbourhood, causing not only great alarm, but compelling the people by families to seek shelter in other districts.” The usual plan adopted by visitors who wish to see the crater is to leave Kingstown by the mail canoe which starts each day at 2 p.m. for Chateaubelair, calling at the small leeward towns of Layou and Barrouaille en route, and arriving at 6 p.m., after giving the passengers an admirable view of the forest-clad hills of the island and the narrow valleys which run down to the sea. Pre- vious to starting, however, the permission of the chief of police should be obtained for the use of the Government Rest Room at the police...”
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“...NEVIS 227 topher and Nevis, which also includes the island of Anguilla. They were united by the Federal Act No. 2 of 1882. Charlestown.—The hotel of the heirs of Hotels. Mrs. Hart and that of Mrs. Daniell offer fair but limited accommodation—Pension 6s. per day, or £,2, 2S. per week. Special terms are quoted for families or for a lengthened visit. Visitors pro- vided with good references can also obtain lodg- ings with private families and live en pension. Several merchants in Charlestown have good Means of buggies, with one or two horses, but no fixed Conveyance- tariff is adhered to. For the drive round the Carriages, island, a distance of 20 miles, ^1, os. rod. is the usual fare; but for shorter distances a special agreement has to be made beforehand. Riding Horses, horses can be obtained for about is. per hour. There is a tennis and croquet club, which has Sports, its headquarters in the Government grounds at Tennis. Queen’s House, about a quarter of a mile...”
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“... was first settled by the French in 1647. The western coast is low, but the island rises gradually towards the north. Its population is about 14,000, and the soil is productive and yields the usual West Indian products abundantly. The administration of Guadeloupe and its de- Constitu- pendencies is vested in a Governor, who is assistedtion' by a Privy Council and has under his order a Director of the Interior, a Procurator-General, and a Paymaster. There is also an elective General Council. The colony is divided into three arron-...”
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“... the island Hayti, the “Mountainous Country,” and Quisquica, the “Vast Country”; but Columbus changed the name to Espagnola, or Little Spain, which was latinised to Hispaniola. Adventurers from Europe, attracted by the usual tales of gold, flocked to the island, and after thirty years the natives, whom they cruelly maltreated, were crushed out of existence. In 1505 negroes were first introduced into the island, and by royal edict, in the year 1517, the importation of 4000 negroes a year was authorised. In 1630 a mixed...”