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“...GENERAL INFORMATION 5
confined in modem times to Mont Pelé in Martinique and
the Soufrière in St. Vincent, both of which had been
quiescent for very many years prior to an outburst in
1902, and are now sleeping again; and seismic move-
ments are generally so slight as to be scarcely noticeable.
During January, February, and March, the north-east
trade-winds blow with great regularity, rendering those
months particularly pleasant.
HEALTH. There are well-qualified physicians in
each of the West Indian islands, and in British Guiana,
and British Honduras, and efficient Government medical
services. Indeed, throughout the West Indies there is
no lack of medical men; but tourists who adopt the
usual precautions as to diet and mode of living should
not require to have recourse to their ministrations. 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 pre-
valence of...”
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“... on the shores of the harbour of the same name,
which is well protected from the south by St. David’s
Island, and is approached from the sea by a narrow
channel known as the Town Cut, commanded by the
guns' of Fort Cunningham on Paget’s Island. St.
George’s is built on sloping ground, on the highest
part of which is Fort George ; but it is shut in on the
north by rising ground on which military barracks are
situated.
The principal landing-place is at the Market Square,
off which stands the small Ordnance Island. The
Town Hall faces the square.
The Hotel St. George, opened in 1907, stands on the
Rose Hill property, once the residence of Governor
Tucker (1803-1805), about 100 feet above the town. It
commands a noble view of Castle Harbour, Castle Island,
and St. David’s. In front of the hotel are two trees
said to have been planted as sprigs from a bride’s
bouquet many years ago. Behind the old Government
House is the entrance to the Public Gardens, which
deserve a...”
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“...270 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
Buildings it was designed by Sir Charles Nicholson and
constructed of reinforced concrete. The building com-
prises three floors, and the rooms are arranged round
an open patio, most of them opening on to wide veran-
das. The grounds cover about 177 acres.
The town of Port Royal standing at the extremity
of the spit of sand known as the Palisadoes, which
protects Kingston Harbour, can be reached by motor-
car along the Palisadoes or by motor-launch or boat.
It is of great historic interest, having been the head-
quarters of the buccaneers, and the emporium and mart
of their ill-gotten wealth. Before it was overwhelmed
by an earthquake on June 7th, 1692, it was considered
“ the finest town in the West Indies, and the richest
spot in the universe.”
The rector of the parish describing the disaster
wrote :
Whole streets, with their inhabitants, were swallowed up by
the opening of the earth, which, when shut upon them, squeezed
the...”
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“... established in St. Vincent in 1901, and now
there are ginneries in each of the principal cotton-growing islands.
The ginning factories usually contain three stories. On entering
the factory the cotton is weighed and hoisted to the top floor
or cotton loft. In this the cotton is temporarily stored and
spread out to dry; it is then transferred to the gins in the
second story by shoots passing through tho floor, directly
over the gins. The labourers at.work in the loft, filling the
shoots, have also to pick out any motes or discoloured cotton
that may have escaped the pickers and assorters. As soon as
the gins are started, the feeders take the cotton from the shoots
through a small hinged door, which can easily be shut in case of
fire. On the seed-cotton being fed to the gins, the lint
is separated from the seed. The former passes over a leather
roller and drops on to an endless conveyor, while the seed falls
through the grids on to an inclined plane, and passes through
the floor to...”
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