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 By F. H. TAYLOR. 
 
 HREE years ago one winter day, the writer 
 
 encountered his friend C , a hard-worked 
 
 literary editor, upon the street. 
 
 " See here, T ; you've been every- 
 where. Tell me where to find a refuge from 
 new books, telegrams, fresh American plays, 
 and all the rest of it. I'm tired out and 
 want to go away somewhere to get the cob- 
 webs out of my brains.' 
 ' ' How long can you stay away ? " I asked. 
 
 "About ten days," replied C . 
 
 " Then go to Bermuda," said I with great confidence. 
 
 Well, C went to Bermuda, and when i saw a series of eulogistic 
 
 letters in his paper, dated from Hamilton, I knew that he had been unable 
 to resist the temptation to take up the pen he had foresworn for the 
 period of his holiday, to write the praises of the beautiful little mid- 
 ocean world to which I had sent him. 
 
 Now between ourse)'?*^s, when I met C upon that bleak winter day, 
 
 I had never seen Berm^ ... and away down in that tough and leathery 
 adjunct I call my consciei ce, I felt an occasional twinge at the fraud I 
 had practiced upon him. After reading his letters I felt better about it, 
 and when, some weeks after his return, he took me by the hand and 
 thanked me sincerely for having suggested Bermuda, recalling many 
 points «)f interest with which he had no doubt we were both familiar, 
 I mentally resolved I would atone for my shortcomings by taking a 
 marine pilgrimage across the blue Atlantic to the little white and green 
 colony which has of late years grown so popular with Americans. 
 
 Now, as I sit down and undertake the willing yet difficult task of 
 penning the impressions of a voyage hither, and an exploration of the 
 islands in propria personce, I realize what has been learned by many 
 another writer : the poverty of words to adequately tell the delights of 
 such a red-letter period in one's life experiences as may be found in a 
 winter or spring voyage to Bermuda. However, without further pre- 
 lude, the reader will please suppose himself surging along in a cab 
 through the densely crowded thoroughfares leading to Pier 47, North 
 River. It is a gray and dispiriting December afternoon, fine rain and 
 heavy wet snowflakes pelt against the carriage window spitefully. The 
 policemen, the wagon drivers, and the world generally look miserable 
 and despondent. This is the trying portion of the enterprise, and when 
 
SOUTHEHN WINTER RESORTS. 
 
 the Bertnutln excursioniat finally Higlitsthe wharveB, and lookH out upon 
 tht' broail misty oxpansn of the river, witli its inyriii<l water (;raft in gray 
 silhouette, all more or leas ghostly in effect, it required all of the mental 
 reaolution at command to resist the desire to clamher back into the cab 
 and order the driver home to the cosy, comfortable "flat" just left. 
 Upon the wharf the new comer discovered, however, the baggage of 
 many other excursionists, and a general air of activity which was highly 
 diverting. Who does not love to see a big ship leave the port or come in ? 
 That man has no soul. There is poetry in the idea. It is stronger than 
 the tarry smells of the wliarves or the sad dispiriting influences of a 
 December rain storm in New York City. Why ! even that pile of trunks 
 affords a fund for reflection and speculation. There are big trunks with 
 high rounded top, suggestive of Fifth Avenue, silk dresses, bright faces, 
 abundant cash. There are heavy, solid, devil-may-care looking trunks, 
 pasted over with the labels of half the hotels of Europe. They tell of 
 long and varied experiences and triumpliant tussles with foregn baggage 
 smashers. There are little quiet-looking trunks, no doubt going out for 
 their health, and no end of nondescript trunks, valises and boxes. 
 
 The A 1 Hteamsliip "Orinoco" is alongside the dock; all her hatches 
 are open like so many capacious Oliver Twist like mouths, into which the 
 last of the cargo and bafrgape presently disapijears. 
 
 Come up on board. But few of the passengers are on deck, and they 
 are warmly clad. Enter tlie Social Hall and pass down the " companion 
 way," we should call it the grand stairway, on shore. Here is the warm 
 and spacious cabin, an'i in groups, chatting with those who have braved 
 the inclement weather to see them off, are the passengers. All strangers 
 now, but we shall know them and be able to identify the right person by 
 the proper name every time before we cast anchor among the coral reefs 
 of Bermuda. The sea is a great social influence, and two or three days 
 upon deck add surprisingly to one's list of acquaintance — that is, if one 
 is not a human oyster, and content to dwell hermit-like, entirely within 
 his mental siiell. But few members of the Crustacea are found among 
 habitual travelers, however. 
 
 At tiiis point 1 must refer to my "log book." Yes, here it is : 
 
 "On board steamship Orinoco, Dec. — '83. Weighed anchor, that is, 
 cast oil the hawser lines at — p.m., and left New York behind us in a 
 framework of mist and rain. Highland light seen brightly shining as 
 evening came on. Sea smooth and comfortable. All hands, including 
 ladies, mustered at supper. Found Captain to be a first-rate mariner and 
 genial gentleman. Officers of the ship all attentive and courteous. 
 
 Second day out— clear and cool. We are in Gulf Stream and the 
 noble v-essel ploughs her way along through the deep blue waters steadily 
 and gracefully. It is much warmer than we expected to find it. A good 
 deal like early November. It is quite comfortable upon the lee side where 
 most of the passengers are gathered, and with a good book to read one 
 may readily banish care and forget that New York with its many perplexi- 
 ties and mud and damp cold weather ever existed at all. We pass many 
 ships during the day, and much to our surprise actually enjoy our dinner, 
 and a good dinner it is. 
 
 Third day — We have reached a climate of May. Only sixty hours 
 from New York, and here I find myself sans overcoat and actually 
 wishing I might take my coat off. The midday sun glows down upon the 
 illimitable expanse of ocean which sparkles in the warm sunshine in a 
 gladsome way. To-morrow m*. vning we will be at Bermuda ; so the 
 
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 Hero I find a Hudden end to my "log li(K)k," which, I take it, is % 
 pretty koo'I «ort of a "log book" as fur i\b it goes, tiioiiKh not ({uite as 
 full of sailor terms us it might be. When I look it over, what jtleaHant 
 hourH it recalls ! Don't I remember the lively widow who absorlx^d BO 
 much of my time and smiled on me so sweetly only to Huub me shame- 
 fully when we were once more on dry land. Don't I recall njy theological 
 discussions with the parson ; my political ami economic debate with tbe 
 Canadian statesman, and my fatherly advice to the two pretty girls who 
 were going abroad for the first time ; or my little games of whist with 
 the Chicago professor. Oh, yes ; they all come back to mo as I gaze at 
 my " log,"— but you've lieen at sea and know something about it. 
 
 My " log" was cut siiort in a most summary manner, for that night 
 a gale struck us, not a very serious sort of a gale, but "just a bit fresh," 
 as the mate said. I didn't feel so fresh, myself, however, and as the ship 
 ploughed along, dipping her iron nose saucily into the big green seas, I 
 felt that sad and helpless sensation which usually precedes a landsman's 
 retreat to the privacy of his stateroom ; but I was not alone in my 
 defeat. 
 
 "It's worth while to suffer seasickness, one feels so much better 
 afterwards," remarked a lady i)assenger the next morning, and so said we 
 all of us, for with the earliest beams of the bright and glorious moi'ning 
 sun we were all out on deck, and there, yes, there it was ! leagues away 
 across the bounding waves — Bermuda ! 
 
 The green hills of its many islets rise above the brilliant opalescent 
 tints of its lucid sea waters flowing above the snowy coral reefs. What 
 is that? A tiny sail coming like some venturesome bird far out from the 
 land, speeding straight toward us. It is the pilot. Thanks to his eye and 
 iron nerve we will shortly be guided past the hidden reefs and moored 
 safely in the smooth waters of Hamilton Harbor. 
 
 It is highly probable that the reader, unless he has seen Bermuda, has 
 a very inadequate idea of its make-up and appeai'ance. Therefore, a brief 
 general description is in place just here, while we are in the hands of the 
 pilot. 
 
 It is not, as you may suppose, a single long islet as it appears from the 
 ship's deck, but, in fact, a succession of rocky islands, at no point over 
 260 feet high, extending in an irregular curve somewhat like a fish hook, 
 the hooked end being to the westward and forming Great Bound, through 
 which we must pass by a devious course before we finally reach Hamilton, 
 the metropolis of the group, which is hidden away from view from the 
 sea across that ridge which you note about midway of the land. There 
 are five large islands, namely: the "Mainland," St. George's, David's, 
 Somerset and Ireland. Four of these are connected by bridges or cause- 
 ways. There are many smaller islets scattered about in picturesque irreg- 
 ularity, each having its own particular charm. Miles away from these 
 visible islands a cordon of sunken reefs encircle these islands. Here to 
 the left you see their massive heads lifted above the waves like so many 
 giant denizens of the deep. The pilot is not in this instance, as in many 
 
 
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 cases, a simply ornamental personage. Great responsibility aud watchful 
 care are his from the moment he takes tlie wheel. The channel wavH 
 through this fearsome rampart reared by the minute coral insect are nar- 
 row, and only the pilot knows their secret. Once past this outer rampart 
 we are safe, however, and rapidly approach the green and fertile shores 
 which are the ultima thule of our voyage. 
 
 The captain, to whom we are always ready to turn when in want of 
 specific information, is good enough to stop in his rounds of the deck and 
 tell us that the reef through which we have just been guided quite en- 
 circles the group, being distant some ten miles from land upon the northern 
 and western sides, but close in shore to the south and east. The depth of 
 water within the reef is not greater than twelve or fourteen fathoms 
 The great billows which roll in from tlie boundless open sea break as they 
 meet the cordon of reefs, and their pulsations aie felt far across the com- 
 paratively smooth waters of the shoals. 
 
 The topography of the islands now shows to advantage. Yonder — 
 upon Gibbs' Hill — is thech'ef lighthouse, a shapely tower of 130 feet in 
 height, the hill itself being 24o feet above the sea. The light is visible, in 
 gt)od weather, thirty-three miles. 
 
 The stranger floating over the white shoal of a coral reef for the first 
 time will be wonder-struck bj' the marvelous clearness of the sea-water 
 and the strange effect of deception as to the depth for objects which 
 appear to reach nearly to the surface are found to be so deep that the 
 vessel passes safely over them. Tiie sunlight reaches many fathoms 
 down upon this vast submarine plain, displaying every object clearly to 
 the gaze as we glide swiftly along. And then the color, that beautiful 
 bewildering green; just the shade that one catches in the gleam of an opal 
 or the tint of malachite. Painters have sought to rival it with pigment, 
 in vain. 
 
 Now we pass Grassy Bay and are within a land-locked great Sound. 
 Still we cannot see Hamilton. OtT to the right is Ireland Island with its 
 great Government dock-yard aud heavy armored war-ships. Of these 
 more later. Along the attenuated spur to the right, which we afterwards 
 learn to know as Southampton Parish, the cozy white houses of the 
 islanders peep out from amid the trees, and we find ourselves wondering, 
 in speculative mood if care and sickness, worry and death finds lodgement 
 amid such fairy scenes. Doubtless, for such is the inheritance of all the 
 world, and even the isles of the sea escape not. And yet, if one could but 
 live here a part of every j'ear, how much life might be prolonged, and 
 what ills bred by our changeable American climate be avoided ! What days 
 of quiet joy might replace those spent in fretful complainings concerning 
 the weather. 
 
 While our train of thought has led us back to New York and its 
 myriad of hard worked brain-racked citizens our steamer has entered a 
 maze of islands and turning hither aud yon presently reveals, off to our 
 right, the snowy town of Hamilton, of which we had began to doubt ti:e 
 existence. 
 
 Bermudians are like all the rest of the world, fond of their little excite- 
 ment and if you should think to ask the average native what particular 
 thing he would rather see than anything else, the chances are good that 
 
 

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 SOUTHERN WINTER RESORTS. 
 
 he would reply, " To see the steamer come in." Thus it is that when wfc 
 draw up opposite the neat and pretty town, which glows in the mellow 
 light and stands out against its dark-green background like a city cut in 
 ivory, we find, apparently, the entire populatioi> waiting as a general 
 committee on reception to welcome us ashore. They are probably vastly 
 more interested in finding out the price current of onions in the New York 
 market than in ourselves, for everybody knows that the biggest and best 
 of that lachrymal and odoriferous bulb comes from Bermuda. This Iittl» 
 community can supply the raw material to set the whole world crying. 
 
 But onions won't build up such a community as this, or keep all 
 these troops in their gay uniforms. Those great forts and that fleet of 
 war-vessels are not placed here to defend the birthright and interests of 
 the simple onion I "Why ? the onion ought to be and certainly is strong 
 enough to protect itself. 
 
 No ! it is not the onion alone which makes Bermuda important. It 
 is a military and naval necessity, and Great Britain, with that far-sighted 
 policy which has made her the mistress of the seas, and placed her flag 
 in every part of the world, long ago found Bermuda a convenient central 
 point for the rendezvous of her vast squadrons of war-ships, when cruising 
 in the Northern Atlantic. In these days of steam it is a coaling station as 
 well as a repairing point. A garrison of troops is always maintained here 
 with immense supplies of munitions of war, ready for instant use in any 
 quarter of her domain where the supremacy of Britain's flag may be dis- 
 puted, or for bringing to terms any defiant foreign power giving causus 
 belli. 
 
 It is this element of strength and the brilliancy of the uniformed 
 class located upon this station which constitutes one of the great 
 charms of winter life at this place. While the strictest forms of etiquette 
 and ceremonial are insisted upon for the better preservation of the tra- 
 ditions of the "Service" by the officers of both the military and naval 
 branches, yet the visitor will find among them, if properly introduced^ 
 many charming gentlemen, and in their families the most accomplished 
 and attractive ladies. 
 
 The additional elements which make Bermuda so pleasant are it» 
 novelty and departure in appearance from anything we find elsewhere. 
 Its genial and consistent climate ; its excellent roads everywhere. Its 
 picturesqueness, and lastly (or perhaps it should have been firstly) its 
 good hotels. 
 
 Thus we find it, only three days away from New York, a delight- 
 ful little aggregation, quite complete in itself, nans railroads and even 
 politics, and nearly every other disturbing influence, bound to us by 
 a single chord of sympathy, i. e., the price of onions. When we sum 
 up its scores on scores of good points and think of the wretchedly cold 
 and uncomfortable Manhattan we have briefly left behind us we are 
 moved to wonder that all the coughing, sneezing, epizootic population 
 of the " States" have not found Bermuda out and come over here in such. 
 numbers that there isn't standing room. 
 
 But observation has taught the fact that very few people out of an> 
 given one thousand have the remotest idea of the elements of comfort 
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 of comfort and rest out here upon the bosom of the ocean. A small frac- 
 tion of that blessed few have, however, managed to get over upon this 
 steamer and at tliis moment are awaiting impatiently for the steamer to be 
 warped up to her dock and for the short formalities of the customs, to 
 join themselves to the small army of Americans previously arrived. 
 
 The aforesaid committee of citizens discovered upon the wharves and 
 arranged along every coign of vantage is a most picturesque and cosmo- 
 l)Olitan assemblage. It is largely made up of faces as black as ebony 
 above white linen or cotton costumes of naive simplicity. Here is a group 
 of tourists who look on with the air of superiority, which none but a 
 previously arrived tourist can possibly assume. There, a body of soldiery 
 in the red coat of Her Majesty's service. British blue-jackets wander 
 through the crowd, aud merchants of the town move about briskly under 
 ponderous cork helmets. Taken altogether it is a most inspiriting sight, 
 and now, as we step ashore, free to go our several ways and the crowd 
 melts away, we are doubly glad that our good angel has put it into our 
 heads to see Bermuda. 
 
 If tlie tourist is a wise traveler, that is, one having liad experience, 
 lie will have arranged the matter of his accommodation by mail, before 
 "going out." The agents of whom he purchases his ticket in New York 
 will willingly attend to the matter of securing his room and board, at 
 either one of the hotels or any of the many comfortable boarding houses. 
 
 The first thing which strikes the new comer upon going ashore and 
 driving away to his or her abiding place is the excellence of the roadway. 
 Here, indeed, is a pavement wliicli is the acme of good workmanship and 
 enduring quality. It is simply the solid coral rock planed down to a level 
 or made by debris of the same material, which rapidly levels down like 
 cement under the action of the elements, and becomes hard and durable. 
 
 A thin but ricli soil covers the hills, being deeper in the valleys (say 
 a foot or so thick) and out of this the vegetation springs. All forms of 
 vegetable life in these islands, as among tropic lands, generally derive 
 their sustenance chiefly from the air. 
 
 A great point too, in favor of Bermuda with invalids is the absence of 
 anything like fresh water marshes. The porosity of the calcareous rock 
 causes the absorption of rain-fall iit once. Indeed 1 all of the water used 
 for domestic purposes is caught from the rain-fall in reservoirs placed upon 
 the hills, or in private tanks with which nearly all houses are supplied. 
 
 The charm of life in Bermuda, and especially in the delightful little 
 community of Hamilton, grows upon one as residence is prolonged and 
 the novice becomes better acquainted with the many beautiful excursions 
 possible from this central point. 
 
 Hamilton itself is quaint and delightful to an artist's eye. At the book 
 stores one may obtain excellent maps and guides of Bermuda, which 
 contain a vast amount of sjiecific information, and should be purchased 
 by every intelligent visitor at once upon arrival. 
 
 The Hamilton Hotel was constructed by the tov«m corporation, and 
 is leased by an American landlord. It is built entirely of stone with 
 large cool rooms, spacious halls and dining rooms. All modern con- 
 veniences are provided and the extensive grounds around the house app 
 
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 SOUTHERN WINTER RESORTS. 
 
 
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 During the past summer a wing 44x96 feet dimensions, has been 
 added, four floors high, containing an elegant drawing-room and some 
 fifty large chambers, commanding an unsurpassed view of land and water. 
 The capacity of the dining-room has been more than doubled ; gas and 
 electric bells have been introduced throughout the house, and the older 
 portion refitted and refurnished throughout. 
 
 One of the favorite promenades is Cedar Avenue, which is near the 
 hotel and is a beautiful archway of green. The Governor's re idence is 
 near by, and it is but a short walk to Prospect, where the oflBcers of the 
 Royal Artillery have their quarters. As the name would indicate here is 
 a most enchanting view of land and sea, such as the beholder is not likely 
 to forget while memory lasts. 
 
 The Princess Hotel is situated on a bold and rising elevation at the 
 southern and western extremity of the picturesque harbor of Pitt's Bay; its 
 southern or sunny frontage is built almost on the water's edge, but the high- 
 ness of the rocks, which are the solid foundation of the main structure, pre- 
 clude the possibility of any inconvenience being experienced from tempes- 
 tuous weather, while its happy location offers superior bathing and boating 
 facilities for the weeks of glorious weather of which our winter is princi- 
 pally made up. The building for guests, irrespective of outhouses, laundry 
 buildings, boiler room, etc., stands on an area of 15,000 square feet, and its 
 southern face is some 140 feet long. Its western wing, in which is the 
 grand entrance, extends back 150 feet, and commands a most magnificent 
 view from all its windows. The great facilities this hotel offers for the 
 thorough enjoyment of the salt water is one of its greatest charms and 
 attractions. There is a covered stone piazza, 12 to 14 feet wide, running 
 the entire length of the basement, warmed the whole day by the health- 
 giving sun, it will be a sunny promenade for the invalid, a seductive re- 
 sort of the lounger, the smoker, the tired yachtman and valetudinarian. 
 The first storey is about 13 feet high and the grand reception room is a 
 magnificent department, about 40 by 20 feet, with large low windows and 
 glass doors opening on the southern and western verandas; the views 
 from here are superb.* In keeping and in size with this commodious 
 apartment is the spacious dining-hall, about 60 by 40 feet, its whole length 
 fronting the harbor and opening to the veranda by handsome glass 
 doors. There are upwards of 80 to ) bed-rooms, ranging in size from 23x16 
 feet to 12x16 feet. The edifice will be gas-lighted throughout, from the 
 grand entrance and gateway on the Spanish Point road, along the 
 broad, smooth carriage drive to the front entrance, to the attics above the 
 dormer story. There will be telephonic communications with Hamilton 
 and with the livery stables near the premises. 
 
 The leading fruits of Bermuda are the banana and melon. Some 
 graphs are alf-o produced. 
 
 There is a great abundance of fish — as many as 168 varieties having 
 been observed. The more common varieties are rock-fish, hamlets, mullets, 
 bream, sonnets, porgies, grey and red snapper, hogfish, yellow-tail, 
 groupers, chub, amber-fish and grunts. Angel-fish are an esteemed table 
 delicacy. Oysters are not very good. 
 
 The daily range of temperature from December to May is between 65' 
 
SOUTHERN WINTER RESORTS. 
 
 15 
 
 pre- 
 
 Some 
 
 and 80° Fah. The thermometer standing at a point during this period 
 :|uite comfortable, even to invalids. There is occasionally a day when a 
 slight fire is grateful. This is useful, too, for counteracting the effect of 
 the humid sea air. 
 
 The area of the island is 19-] square miles, and the population about 
 15,000. About 200 foreign vessels are annually entered and cleared from 
 the two ports of Hamilton and St. Georges. 
 
 The value of the potato and onion crops annually exported is about 
 80 000 pounds sterling. 
 
 One of the standard attractions is the great Dockyard at Ireland 
 Island which is at the point of the hook, which, as I have said, Bermuda 
 resembles. A steam launch maintains regular service between Hamilton 
 and this point. A large arsenal establishment and an extensive basin 
 which will accomodate a whole fleet at anchor are found here ; but the 
 chief feature is the enormous floating dry-dock. This monster was built 
 at Sheerness, in 1868, and towed hither across the Atlantic, arriving safely 
 after a voyage of fifty-six days. It will accommodate the largest iron, 
 clads. Its weight is over 8,200 tons. 
 
 Nearly 1,200 persons — marines, sailors, and civilians — are employed 
 in public work upon Ireland Island. 
 
 The exact distance of Bermuda from New York is 726 miles. It is on 
 the latitude of Charleston, S. C, but enjoys a more tropical climate 
 through the influence of the gulf stream. 
 
 Tliere are nearly one hundred miles of roadway upon the islands, 
 most of it being kept in good general repair. 
 
 The wonder works of the sea are found along the southern shore, which 
 is broken in many places into the most fantastic forms through the cease- 
 less turmoil of the sea. Here are groined arches and caverns and nooks 
 where sea sprites and mermaids may properly dwell. 
 
 Harrington Sound is a saline lake of considerable extent, having a 
 very narrow outlet into the sea. Beyond this, toward St. Georges, is 
 Castle Harbor. Upon the northern shore of Harrington Sound are the 
 famous Walsingham caves. Paynter's vale and Joyce's dock, where a 
 cave ornate with stalactites is found, are also here and are places of much 
 resort. Moore's storied calabash tree is found close to Walsingham. 
 
 Neptune's grotto, a natural well containing a great number of beauti- 
 ful fish, is at the southeast corner of Harrington Sound. 
 
 Basset's care is near the western end of the group upon Somerset 
 Island. 
 
 "Fairy Land" is a sort of Bermuda Coney Island a short distance 
 from Hamilton. It may be reached either by land or boat. 
 
 Such are a few of the many resorts of local note which serve as 
 objective points for delightful drives. 
 
 The pleasures of navigation amid the lovely isles of the harbor, or, in 
 good weather, far out over the reefs of the open sea, will always rival the 
 attractions of the land. 
 
 The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club is one of the live institutions, having 
 a membership of about 130. Regattas are announced frequently during 
 (luc season, x/ingey races are aiso one of the fs&tur6D of uArbcr life. 
 
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 16 
 
 SOUTHERN WINTER RESORTS. 
 
 We have procured the following table of places and prices wliich the 
 intending viHitor will find unefiil : 
 
 HAMILTON HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES. 
 Hamilton Hotel, - !f!l7.r)0 to ifSo.OO per week, $4M) per day. 
 Princess Hotel, - IT.-W to 25.00 " 4.00 
 
 American House,* .... 2.00 to 2.50 " 
 Kennelly Hotel, .... 2.00 to 2.50 
 
 Albion House,* 2.00 to 2.50 
 
 Scarborough House,* - - - 2.00 to 2.50 
 
 Sea View House, 2.00 to 2.50 
 
 Brunswick House, .... 2.00 to 2.50 
 
 Mrs. Stone, 10.00 to 12.00 per week. 
 
 Mrs. Bennett, 10.00 to 12.00 
 
 Mrs. Riley,* 10.00 to 12.00 
 
 Mrs. Steele. 10.00 to 12.< 
 
 Mrs. PennistOn (neat for nslilnt? and boating), 10.00 to 12.00 " 
 
 Mrs. Kirkham, 10.00 to 12.00 
 
 Mrs. E. A. Newman, 
 
 rii- niiforliiHHo-o /near Mr. Trott'n and Am. Con-\ 
 i^r. UUlerOnage, ^.ui.g (jir. AUen'B) Residence/ 
 
 * Near the Hamilton Hotel. 
 
 ST. GEORGES. 
 
 BOARDING HOUSES. 
 
 J. Alderman, flO.OO lo $12.00 per week. 
 
 Mrs. Anderson, . - - - " " " 
 
 Miss Bruce, " " " 
 
 Miss Foster, .... " .... 
 
 A. Swan, 
 
 HOTELS. 
 
 Globe Hotel, $3.00 per day. 
 
 St. Georges Hotel, 
 
 CARRIAGE CHARGES ON BOni ISLANDS, INCLUDING DRIVER. 
 Single team, 1 or 2 i)ersons, 1st hour, . - - - f 1.00 
 
 Every additional hour, .50 
 
 Per day, 4.00 
 
 Double team, 1 or 4 persons, double price. 
 
 Saddle horse, per day, 2.50 
 
 Good boats, rowing or sailing, |3.00 to $4.00 a day. 
 Fees for sight-seeing average one shilling. No toll or road charges. 
 Government tug-boat makes two trips daily along the harbor to 
 Dock- Yard. 
 
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 The New Winter Resorts 
 
 By FRED. A. OBER. 
 
 Within a week from New York lie the islands of the LESSER 
 ANTILLES, where one may enjoy in January the climate of June, may 
 recline beneath palms and plantains, and eat the luscious fruits of the 
 tropics as they fall from the stem ; oranges, bananas, pine-apples, sapa- 
 dillas, sour-sops, guavas, limes, lemons, mangoes, custard-apples, cocoa- 
 nuts, bread-fruit — all these, and more, await the voyager to those islands. 
 
 It is a well-known scientific axiom that warmth evolves life, while 
 cold produces death. It is reasonable, therefore, to assume that to a large 
 and growing proportion of our over- worked, nerve-crowding American 
 population, to whom the Winter months are simply a time of constant com- 
 plaint, small ills and discomfort, would find in the islands of the Lesser 
 Antilles that balm of rest and moderate temperature which is best suited 
 toward endowing them with new life and health. 
 
 Aside from the beneficent conditions which make the acquisition of the 
 needs of life so easy of acquirement in the warm latitudes, there is an ever 
 varying and inexhaustible fund of novelty to divert the mind and charm 
 the senses. In short, he who leaves New York in mid-winter or early 
 Spring, stepping upon the deck of the ship southward bound, leaves 
 behind him tlie slusli and slop and fog of the worst climate in the world, 
 and is speedily set down in the midst of an equable and delicious atmos- 
 phere, where all things, all customs and aims of life are so at variance with 
 those so lately left behind, in the mighty, relentless metropolis, as to 
 partake of the character of a tropical heaven. 
 
 Until recently these gems of the Caribbean Sea have been reached 
 only by a tedious sea-voyage in a sailing-craft, or roundabout journey 
 by steamer, attended by discomfort and expense. Now it is changed ; a 
 rapid and uninterrupted line of travel is established between New York 
 and the Lesser Antilles, and now it is but a step from zone of snow to 
 zone of lieat. 
 
 To those wearied with the monotony of aspect of the scenery of 
 Florida, an invitation is extended to make a voyage to the tropics — not to 
 semi-tropics but to those islands of verdure that glow beneath tropic 
 skies. The geographical range of this group of islands extends over seven 
 degrees of latitude — from Trinidad in latitude 10% to latitude, 17% and 
 over seven degrees of longitude. 
 
 The Archipelago, exhibiting every variety of climate peculiar to a 
 region lying within the tropics, contains also every beautiful aspect of 
 vegetation, from the sugar-cane and cocoa-plants of the heated coast to 
 the tree-ferns and giant gum-trees of the mountains. The temperature i« 
 all that could be desired, m the first four months in the year, and ranges 
 from 65° in the mountains, to 80^ on the coast. 
 
 The first four months of the year should be chosen for a visit to thesa 
 islands, for they are the coolest and driest ; August and September are tlie 
 hottest. 
 
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 SOUTHERN WINTER REfiORTS. 
 
 II I 
 
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 The great mountains of the interior, some of them 5,000 feet in 
 height, create a cool land breeze, which blows (hiring the night, rentlering 
 repose and sleep possible and enjoyable. Soil and climate are wonderfully 
 adapted to the growth of tropical plants from the East, and everything 
 flourishes. A glance at the history of these islands would prove interest- 
 ing, but space does not permit. After thus briefly epitomizing the climate 
 aud scenery of the Lesser Antilles, we will turn to scan each island, in 
 <letail, and search uut its resources for pleasure and instruction during a 
 winter's stay. 
 
 THE CARIBBEES. 
 
 So called by Columbus from the Carib Indians found in possession; 
 They lie stretched between the Carribean Sea and the Atlantic; in shape a 
 crescent; attracting one's attention by their configuration, even if viewed 
 only on a map. These islands are the loveliest in the Caribbean Sea ; 
 it is to them, in fact, that we are journeying, passing the more northern 
 and less attractive islands impatiently, though taking a glance at them 
 as we pass, in order to properly understand the relative position of the 
 southern chain — 
 
 " Those leafy isles upon the ocean thrown, 
 Like studs ot emerald o'er a silver zone. ' 
 
 The northern prong of the Caribbean chain inins northwesterly, 
 terminating the volcanic archipelago in latitude 17^ 38 north. 
 
 ST. KITTS. 
 
 Populntloii, >J8,(>00. Area, 170 Square Miles. 
 
 Is an island of great beauty and fertility, lying about ten miles south 
 of St. Eustatius. It is English, and was one of the first settled by 
 them. St. Kitts produces vast quantities of sugar, molasses and 
 rum, and has some of the finest estates in the West Indies. Basse 
 Terra is the name of the principal town, lying in a beautiful and 
 fertile valley, between a group of high mountains on the north 
 and barren hills on the south. Its principal mountain, Mount 
 Misery, is well named, having been a source of much misery to the in- 
 habitants of Basse Terre, in January, 1880, by pouring down a great 
 flood of water from the deep ravines and gorges that seam its sides, 
 sweeping away many houses, ruining estates, and drowning nearly 200 
 people. This mountain is4,300 feet high, an extinct volcano, with a great 
 variety of tropical vegetation covering its slopes. Its peak is isolated 
 and very steep, and considered one of the hardest to climb of any 
 In the South. The ascent by the writer, in May, 1880, wiis the first that 
 had been accomplished in three years. From the top one can view the 
 whole island, and all those others grouped within forty miles. Imme- 
 diately beneath the cone is the crater with a smoking sulphur deposit 
 In it, and a lake. A very deep gulf it is to descend, and difficult. On 
 the Caribbean side of the island, fifteen miles from town, is Brimstone 
 Hill, a limestone hill so strongly fortified as to have received and mer- 
 
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 SOUTHERN WISTEH RESORTS. 
 
 19 
 
 1,000 feet in 
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 iribbean Sea ; 
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 ited, in olden time, the name of " (Hbrultar of the Weat Indies." It 
 i.H now abandoned and in i)os8os8ion of monkeys, who swarm in tho 
 dcsorteil caHomatos. They are so abundant in the forests tliat they 
 are hunted like squirrels, and are sought after as luxuries. If the vis- 
 itor to Ht. Kitts is desirous, he may be put in the way of indulging in a 
 monkey hunt in the woods. There are some pretty views in town, tho 
 best of whif'h is of the sipiare, possessing a fountain, several palms 
 and a banyan tree. This stpiaro, with many of tho streets, was covered 
 several feet deep in soil and debris brought down by the flood, but it is 
 now (deared. There is a good restaurant in town, but no good hotel 
 as yet; a good reading-room, a fine cathedral and churches. A ride 
 aroun<l tho island, HO miles, over roads hard as iron, should not be 
 omitted, wlu'ii one can enjoy some nuignltlcent scenery. 
 
 South of Basse Terre is a stretch of liills so drv and barren that thej 
 are little cultivated; they terminate in a group surrounding a series of 
 large salt i)onds, sometimes a source of considerable revenue, and a 
 great resort for plover, curlew, snipe, duck, and other water-birds. 
 Monkeys also abound about here, and are often shot. The Quebec S. S. 
 Co. make St. Kitts one of their ports of call. 
 
 lorth westerly, 
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 ANTIGUA. 
 
 Population, Sri,00fl. Area, *JS0 Square Miles. 
 
 Ts a lovely island, in its level fields, rounded liills and gentle swells. Its 
 principal town, St. Johns, has some fine buildings, and the largest cathe- 
 dral in the English islands, the towers being nearly 130 feet high. 
 
 It has no good hotel, and here would be a pood opportunity for some 
 one to erect a much-needed structure for the entertainment of winter 
 tourists brought here by the Quebec Steamship Company's steamers. In 
 commercial importance the island stands well, as the estates are large and 
 skilfully cultivated, and soil yields abundantly except in time of drought. 
 
 The roads are excellent, and lead to the most charming beaches and 
 bays, and tlie liarbor unsurpassed for boating facilities. The numer- 
 ous ponds abound in ducks and coots, and in the season the pastures 
 swarm with plover and curlew ; pelicans and sea-birds surround the 
 coast, and some of the little cays have been converted into private pre- 
 serves by hospitable owners. Antigua being the seat of government of the 
 Leeward Islands, the society here is good and enjoyable. To one 
 mineralogically inclined, the hills and valleys offer tempting fields 
 for exploration in their stores of fossils and petrifactions, and the shores 
 are strewn with shells and corals. A mile or two from the town is a 
 valley of petrifactions, a large interior basin, or depression, in the 
 centre of the island. Here may be obtained very beautiful examples 
 of petrified cedar, palm, mangrove, etc., completely silicified, with 
 veins of chalcedony and agate ; whole logs, or trunks of trees, may be 
 seen buried in the ground. Though called a "flat island," the sur- 
 face is more properly undulating, with elevations in the southern and 
 
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 SOUTHERN WINTER RESORTS. 
 
 ionthwestem portions from l.Oiio to l.ino fpct. From any omlnonco It 
 prosciits a plcasiiiK uppiuii uic<', with its woaltli of rolling? catio Holds, 
 whlto hoUBOs, picturoHipio windmlllH, and bouutlfully indontod coast 
 Uuo. 
 
 DOMINICA. 
 
 Pn|)ulatlon, eV.IMM). Arp«, LMtl KtM'nra >lile«. 
 
 Salllnf? soiitluvanl, tlic vovuk'H' w.it ,:m I iho Islands to In- 
 crcaso in attriu'tivt-iicss ; lht> int<imtairi-i iui.'iin to K''«'at alti- 
 tudes, t ho clKTs to Kiiuidor pioportl )n'<, :ind tlio vegetation, that 
 covers all as with a carpet, jj^r^wM rankei and rleher. The perfec- 
 tion of insiilai- lovcliiH'ss is att' ip I in Dominica and '^rartinicpm— two 
 Islands, lyin^' one on ciilicr sidij the iiaiallcl of ir/ north latitude. 
 Nortli of tli('S(' islands no others iMpml tlicin, eitlicr in the boldness with 
 whicli their sea-worn clilTs slioot u|) from tlio waves, (jr in the luxurianeo 
 of the ve^'etation tliat covr-rs them. Tiiey seem to realize tlie poet's 
 dream of l)ree/,y licii,dits in proximity totroi>icstran<ls. Here the traveler 
 will see oxemplilled the wonderful creative power of tlio hot, moist 
 climate of the West Indies in producing the giants of the vegetable king- 
 dom. He will not be atrucJ< with 
 
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 ROSEAU. 
 
 Chief town of Dominica, but lie will bo interested in viewing the 
 diia|)idated siianties of tlie nc^Toes, and he will be actively en- 
 gaf,'ed in maintaining his e(iuilibr:um on the water-polislied stones 
 witli whieli tlie streets are paved, lloscau is a cpiiet town, near 
 a riv^r, hemmed in Ijotween high hills and the sea. There are 
 goou stores, well tilled witli Englisli goods; a good boarding-house, 
 kept by Mrs. Ogilvic, and many attractive spots to visit— such as the 
 fort, the garden, government house and Morno Bruee— all near or in 
 town. Sprinkled here and there througliout the town are a few of the 
 most hospitable people the sun ever shone upon. But for t icm Roseau 
 miglit be Cv^.i i'.l' 'cd .is u mild purgatory, where tourists may have to 
 reside awb'li I,.'' 'lioyean'" "' the delights beyond. Lovely i»at lis 
 wind aion ■ i' (^ cii-oeaii coast, along beach(>s of golden sand, sliaded 
 by drooping palms, and beneath towering clifTs, witli views of sea and 
 valley opening u[) at every turn. Take the bridle path lea<ling up the 
 mountains, and you may ascend, in an hour, from heated coast to cool 
 and verdant mountains, and view wonders of vegetation that man but 
 seldom sees. At an altitude of 400 feet, the tree-fern makes its ai)pear- 
 aiice ; soon you will be lost in admiration of the richness '»f the moun- 
 tain flora, for there will bo ferns andbigunonias.orchids, epiphytes and 
 tilandsias, that are never seen out of the tropics— tliat are more at 
 home in the Andes and along the Amazon than in thoiWest Indies. 
 The trail is steep, but if you are mounted upon one of the island ponies, 
 there is no danger of a fall. At an elevation of 2,000 feet the giant trees 
 are entirely enveloped in massos of air plants, and tlie branches woven 
 together by the climbing vines and bush-ropes. After two hours' riding 
 you will reach the famous 
 
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SOUTHERN WISTEH RESORTS. 
 
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 Lovely paths 
 sand, shaded 
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 ading up the 
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 island ponies, 
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 anches woven 
 
 hours' riding 
 
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 MOUNTAIN LAKH, 
 
 one (>( fhroo occupying tho btiains of oxtinet crutors. The writer, In 
 eompuny will) Dr. Nieliolls, of Uusoau, thoiiuighly examined this 
 lake, last July, in .» l)out earrled up tlio inountulnH l)y two men, 
 the l)iutU'n resting on their heads. It was numt delightful to lloat 
 >ipon the calm siu-faeeof this seeliide<l sheet of i.ter, ut an elevation 
 of 2,:tOO feet above tho siiii, HUimunded by tho r. ink-growing plants 
 of tho tropics. Tho aeri/i,. ganit ns seen here an in their greateHt 
 beauty, about tho llowers of which dart and fluttei gorgeous huin- 
 niing-birds, resi)londont in metallle hucrsof purj>le, gu? 'otand green. 
 Here, at tho lakes, is tho " marooning i)lace, wheic a cave, dug 
 from tho clayey bank, gives shelter from raini^ If me choost's, 
 he can equip himsel-f in town, and start for tho v windward co.idt, 
 where live the last remnant of tho Carib ti ibe-In ans in iwssehsion 
 of those islands when discovered by Columbus. A flvc-hourf- row, down 
 the Caribi)ean coast, brings you to Prince lliiperfs, at ' he i ittoni of a 
 magnillcent bay, largo nough to lloat a lleet. It ■ 
 alKindoned to negroes and nmlattoes, owing to ti 
 malarial fever. TIk hill^ that guard this bay are i)oln 
 crowned with ruins of aicient forts. Gloomy moun 
 Interior, among which M( rne Diabjotin, said to bo tiie 
 cliain, olTers tempting bail to mount.iin climl)ers. Tin 
 manifold. Within two or tliree miles of 1{ iseau, folic 
 of tlie mountain trail, are tho sulphur 8prin_'s of Watto 
 further in, at tho extremity >t thu valley, an two grand i 
 the highest said to be over '2(»> feet. A day cii.'i l)e comfor- 
 this valley and the adjolniig one of Shawford, as in i 
 estates are planted with frag mt limes and dark-leaved ( 
 town is an interesting (!offee plantation, wliere much inforiaation can 
 i)e obtained from the graciou proprietor, regarding the culti. ' of this 
 interesting plant. A rido thr ugh the mountains to Grand ,ay will 
 'eveul the most exquisite seeni ty in the islands. 
 
 Ihit tho greatest wonder ii the island — indeed, tlio greatest iu the 
 urcliipelago, is the valley of the 
 
 BOILl vIG LAKE. 
 
 Until January, 1880, there existed a lake of heated water, in a valley 
 of hot si^rings in tho little-known interior. But a few people had vis- 
 ited it— for it was discovered within a few years,— but their number con- 
 stantly increased, until tho genii of the volcanic district became dis- 
 gusted at the intrusion and let the water out of the lake. The lake has 
 disappeared, and tho warm strcan -; and cool springs that had formerly 
 llowed l)eneath overhanging trees and vines now run over bare rocks, 
 without a sign of leaf or branch in the valley. To reach this lake rc^gion, 
 ride up to the mountain hamlet of Laudat and inquire for Jean Baptiste, 
 tilt- trustworthy guide of tho mountiiins, who will guide you to any por- 
 tion of the forest. Though the bridle-path is much improved and great- 
 ly extended, the trip will consume an entire day ; and it would be best 
 
 most entirely 
 
 ijrevalenco of 
 
 "romontorles, 
 
 IS rise iu the 
 
 lighest in the 
 
 won <ers are 
 
 ig a branch 
 
 Wjisren,and 
 
 is of water, 
 
 !ilv spent In 
 
 latter the 
 
 ill >s. Near 
 
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 SOUTHERN WINTER RESORTS. 
 
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 to take up hammock and provisions and commit yourself to the good 
 ofBcos of Jean Baptiste for, at least, one night. 
 
 The roadstead of Roseau is open and exposed to storms, but is very 
 deep. 
 
 MARTINIQUE. 
 
 l>U|)iiliilion, 154, OUO. 
 
 Picture a mountain, or congeries of mountains, fifty miles \f 
 length, covered from base to summit— from circling Caribbean Sea to 
 cloud-capped crests— with such a vegetation as only the tropics can dis- 
 play Imagine yourself sailing into a broad bay, three miles in length, 
 with a town at its bight, pic- 
 turesque in houses of stone 
 covered with earthen tiles. 
 The streets are narrow, the 
 side-walks narrower, and they 
 are crowded with people, a 
 motley assemblage of every 
 hue ; they make way graceful- 
 ly for a stranger, for they are 
 French— as thoroughly imbued 
 with the national superficial 
 politeness as any Parisian. 
 They are of every shade, from 
 the white and rosy Frenchman 
 of fine proportions to the black 
 brother whose ancestor danced 
 beside Afric's sunny fountains. 
 The colored Creoles, the fe- 
 males, who frequentthe streets 
 and market places, are attired 
 in quaint and curious lonu 
 dresses, gathered up under the 
 shoulder-blades, and witJi 
 waistbands drawn tightlv just 
 under the arm. If the dresses "^^^" ''^^''^^^' Martinique. 
 
 are gay. the turbans are gorgeous, and sometimes covered with 
 jewelry. 
 
 Through every street runs a gutter of water from the hills, and if the 
 traveler lands in the morning, near the break of day, he will find these 
 gutters alive with people. He will meet, iierhaps, a baby disporting in 
 the water, and kept from being hurried off in the Hood by maternal 
 hands; then a pet poodle being soused in the narrow gutter. The 
 streams being fed from momitain lakes, cleanliness in dress and habita- 
 tion, even among the lowest classes, is everywhere conspicuous. There 
 Is a fine cathedral here, a theatre, cool scjuares with flasliing fountains, 
 a beautiful garden of plants in the suburbs, containing wonderful plants 
 and a nice little museum, and a .sr?ua»« with shaded promenades, where 
 a military band gives excellent music on Sunday afternoons. t^ The 
 mountain rides,' over good roads, are calculated to invigorate and 
 refresh one, and a few miles from the town St. Pierre, are warm 
 
SOUTHERN WINTER RESORTS. 
 
 28 
 
 with 
 
 springs, much freciuonted. The stores contain tlie best of French 
 goods, and the hotels here are the best in the islands. No one should 
 leave without testing at least one dejeuner at the Hotel Micas, with its 
 delicious fruits, good wines and dishes. Here in St. Pierre is one of 
 the best photographic establishments in the West Indies, and no one 
 should leave without visiting M. Hartmann and examining his collec- 
 tion of views. 
 
 A call should be made, if possible, at Fort de France, twenty . \ea 
 below St. Pierre, the seat of government. There is a statue !». ^he 
 
 ST, PIERRE, MARTINIQUE. 
 
 Empress Josephine, who was born on this island, at Trois Islets, five 
 miles from Port Royal. There is a large dry dock here, second in 
 capacity only to the floating dock of Bermuda. Above Fort de France 
 are also warm springs, near the Trois Pitons, peaked mountains that 
 cau l)e seen from the town. The trade of Martiniiiue with the United 
 States, since the opening of the new route, luis greatly increased, and 
 it is e(pially S(J with Duminica, great tpiantities of fruit and sugar 
 
 being shipped 
 
 TROPICAL FRUITS. 
 
 The pine-api>le, cocoanut, grape, melon, date, sapadilla, lig, 
 orange, shaddock, lime, lemon, citron, guavu, mango, plantain, banana, 
 star-apple, pomegninate, plum, cherry, grenadllla, water-lemon, avo- 
 cado-pear, tamarind, l)read-fruit, custard-ai)ple, sugar-apple and sour- 
 
34 
 
 SOUTHERX WrXTER RKSOBTS. 
 
 sop. The vegetables— yam, odrloos, sweet i)otato, cassava, cab- 
 bage, cucumber, pea, i)arsnii). Itcan, carrot, radisli. ogg-plant, celery, 
 sorrel, spinach, pumpkin, tomato, oclira, etc., etc. ; besides sugar-cane, 
 coffee, cocoa, corn, guinea-grass, ginger, vanilla, nutmeg, clove, 
 pimento, indigo, aloe, arrow-root and castor-bean. 
 
 An eastern road runs along the Atlantic coast, over lovely hills and 
 valleys, with views in sight the whole distance, that would repays 
 week's stay, through an aveiiue of ninety-one palms and past a noted 
 mineral spring, to the distant land country. 
 
 A little steamer runs down the island on the western side, past 
 grand and beautiful scenery to a town near the base of the Soufriere, 
 the great volcano, which treated tlie island to an eruption in 1812. The 
 ascent of this volcano occupies half a day from the plantations at its 
 base, and arrangements must be made in advance with the managers 
 
 
 SHIPPING DOCKS, MARTINIQUE, 
 
 of estates there, for mules, horses and guides. The crater of this vol- 
 cano is the grandest in the chain, is a mile in diameter, and a thousand 
 feet dee]), said to be the most nearly perfect in the world. The brim 
 is ;s,Ouo feet above the sea, wliero one can stand and look into the 
 lovely lake at the bottom, and out over the coast to tlie Caribbean 
 Sea.* 
 
 SAINT LUCIA. 
 
 PopiilHtioii. :!-.>.(Hi(). Area, ioO S4iuar(' MlleR. 
 
 Next in size to Martinique, and second largest in the Lesser Antilles, 
 it is famous for its ])ictures(|U(> appearance from the sea. There is much 
 cultivable laud and many hills and mountains and beauti/ul valleys. 
 
 1 rV^ "' '«'"/5s '■" "if rnrihhcpx," is iho only aopurato description of tills volcano 
 and hfoon till' i)ioiiiit.iiii.t,'iv(3nhy an (>yc-wituos.s ; also, tho Boiliutf Lake n( Do- 
 miniea, as it oxistod prior to tlio eruiitiou. 
 
 • 
 
SOUTHERN WINTER RESORTS, 
 
 25 
 
 Castries, the port and capital, is rather hot. Lying at the end of a deep 
 harbor surrounded by strikingly l)cautiful scenery, it is in a locality 
 I)eculiarly well adapted for the propagation of fever, and this fact has 
 given the island a reputation for unhealthiness that it does not deserve, 
 for there are hills and valleys noted for their salubrity. The steamer 
 draws up to the wharf here, a feat which is not possible in any other 
 harbor, and the passenger can step on shore ; and he should climb the 
 hill and visit the broad savanna, where are the fort, signal station and 
 government house — the view from here is superb. A most interesting 
 oi)eration is that of coiiling, which is done here by women, who carry 
 great lumps and baskets of coal upon their heads. 
 
 St. Lucia has its Soufrierc, or sulphur mountain, though it is not now 
 Active. Its summit is an attractive spot, and rises 4,000 feet above the 
 «ea>. It exhibits more the volcanic aspect than Morne Pelee, the extinct 
 
 'SWEET HOME" IN THE TROPICS, 
 
 »» lilt- 11 xiiv-. *♦ tJ\^ 
 
 volcano that towers abi)ve St. Pierre, in ^Martiniiiuo, 
 
 attains a height of 4,000 feet. Jiy fur the most beautiful of the detached 
 
 mountains that thrust themselves up from the sea are the 
 
36 
 
 SOUTHERN WINTER EESOBTS. 
 
 PITONS. 
 
 Their height is variously estimated, but they are very high, symmetrical, 
 trim peaks, shaped like i)yramids, covered with green to their very 
 tops. 
 
 ST. VINCENT. 
 
 PopalatiM ana are* alwat tUo aame aa Domiatra. 
 
 The seemingsmallness of islands twenty-flve or thirty miles in length," 
 which, like St. Vincent, can be taken in at a glance, is thus accounted 
 for by Kingsley : "Each outer line trends upward so surely to a singld 
 focus ; each whole is so sharply defined between base-line of sea and its 
 back-ground of sky, that, like a statue, each island is compact and 
 complete in itself, an isolated and independent organism ; and therefore, 
 like every beautiful statue, it looks much smaller than it really is. So 
 perfect this isolation seems, that one fancies at moments that the island 
 does not rise out of the sea, but floats upon it ; that it is held in place, 
 not by the roots of mountains and deep miles of lava-wall below, but by 
 the cloud which has caught it by the top and will not let it go. " 
 
 Kingston, the port of St. Vincent, has a large bay, guarded by bold 
 promontories on either side ; it lies on a plain between a background of 
 hills and the sea. Six hundred feet above it, from the parapet of Fort 
 Charlotte— a rocky fortress perched upon a cliff— is the farthest-reaching 
 and loveliest view in the island of the sixty-mile line of the Grenadines. 
 There are two hotels here. Near the jetty is the police barracks, a 
 large building given up to the enjoyment of some sixty negroes and 
 colored men, who enact the farce of keeping the peace in this peaceful 
 island. Less than a mile from town is the governor's residence, where 
 are many valuable palms and spice trees. 
 
 BARBADOS, 
 
 Po|)iilatit)ii. lO-J.MX). Area, 10*J S<|uare Miles. 
 
 Has more people to the square mile than any other country outside 
 China. This fact gives it an importance in the eyes of a Barbadian 
 second to no other country in the world. While the good Barbadian 
 lives he prefers to reside in Barbados ; when he dies he wants anothei.- 
 just like it. Quantity, not quality, is his preference— he prefers two 
 black men to one white man, though the negroes here are the most in- 
 solent in the world ; they are industrious, because with so many it 
 must be work or perish, and tiiey are moderately intelligent ; they 
 constitute about 150,000 of the wliole number. Barbados lies directly 
 east of St. Vincent, ninety miles— rather, the other islands lie icest of 
 Barbados ; this is why they are called the Leeward Islands, because 
 they are to leeward of Barbados. The Barbadian divides all the divis- 
 ible world into two parts, one part of which is to leeward, the other to 
 
 VTjIi«a**aiU \JL JJtll UCI-UVJO. 
 
 the same ifasou, arnoug these isiauua. 
 
 i?oing south is going up— to Barbados ; going north is goiug down — 
 from Barbados. 
 
SOUTHERN WINTER RESORTS. 
 
 27 
 
 PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN BARBADOS. 
 
 It is a depot of the Royal Mail, and there are seldom less than two 
 of their steamers in port ; here those out from England meet those 
 from Demerara and the islands. A breakwater protects small vessels 
 
28 
 
 SOUTHERN WINTER RESORTS. 
 
 from gales, and a powerful liffht serves as a y)eacon for approaching 
 vessels. A great deal of business is done in Bridgetown, principally in 
 sugar, the exports in 1876 amounting to nearly $5,000,000, and the imports 
 to more than that. In Bridgetown are many large stores; the mer- 
 chants are gentlemanly and obliging, and the stocks large and varied. 
 Several Americans have made fortunes here, by shrewd dealing, and 
 monopolize the greater part of American imports. There is one 
 hotel and several boarding-liouses. An attempt was recently made to 
 erect a hotel for winter visitors at a beautiful seaside place called 
 Hastings, but fell through from lack of support. There is everything 
 here to attract a person in search of a mild climate, pure air, boating, 
 bathing, fishing, good riding and pleasant scenery. 
 
 There is a regiment of red-coats, with officers that are nice, and 
 privates that are smart. Near Bridgetown there are some very line resi- 
 dences and pleasant grounds; tlie governor's residence, 'Farley Hill." 
 and some of the country and suburban cliurches are very attractive — of 
 stone, spacious and elegnnt. and draped in ivy. 
 
 To the seeker after tlie picturesque there is not so much that is 
 attractive as in other islands, through all its eighteen miles of length, but 
 the remote district called Scotland, in the northeastern part, displays 
 some rocks and caves, some petroleum springs and an occasional mon- 
 key. A class of people live here, of a condition and degree of intelli- 
 gence similar to the "crackers " of the south, who are supposed to be 
 the degenerate descendants of the original settlers of two centuries 
 ago, and are the only lazy and apathetic people in this little island. 
 Secluded among and surrounded by sugar estates, fit a distance from 
 the town, near the coast, is Codrington College. No more delightful 
 place can be imagined than these grounds, with their avenues of palms 
 thrusting up graceful crowns high in the air, with ivy covering the 
 walls of the buildings. The cnliego was founded in 1710, is amply 
 endowed, and a few students find here a congenial retreat. There are 
 several newspapers published in Bridgetown, and the editorial intelli- 
 gence is of a higher order than is employed upon the majority of these 
 island papers. The people are well educated, wide awake, and hospit- 
 able. The West India and Panama Telegraph Line, with headiiuarters 
 in St. Thomas, connects with tliis island, as with all others of the 
 group. 
 
 TRINIDAD. 
 
 Popnlttioii (1871) 110,000. Area, 1754 Square Miles. 
 
 Though an island, Trinidad belongs, physically and geographically, 
 to South America ; its geological constitution is South American, a" 
 well as its fauna and flora. Situated in latitude 10° north, and hence 
 the most southerly of all the islands, it possesses a climate warmer and 
 raoister; its products are remarkable, and in variety of timber and 
 forest trees is excelled by no island in the chain. It is the most impor- 
 tant, not only from its geographical position, but from the extent of 
 its territory, as yet hardly explored. Unlike Barbados, which is culti- 
 vated to the extent of its i>rouueiivii i)ower, Trinidad has tiiousands of 
 acres susceptible of cultivation as yet untouched. Not only is the' soil 
 
SOUTHEliN WINTER RESORTS. 
 
 rich, but there are mineral 
 l)roduct8, coal luivin;^ been 
 found. Since that day in 
 1198, when Columbus, look- 
 ing upon its peaked hills, 
 called it La Trinidad, to 
 the present century, it has 
 known much of the evils of 
 war. Wrested from the 
 Indians by the Spanish, 
 it was taken by the French, 
 and later by the English, 
 who have kept it ever since. 
 Here we see the survival 
 of the Attest, for he who 
 fought the hardest holds 
 possession of the soil— even 
 the valiant Briton. Many 
 great men have preceded 
 us, reader: Ealoigh, Colum- 
 bus and Humboldt. But 
 where are the Caribs, whose 
 cannibalistic amusements 
 the rude Spaniards inter- 
 rupted ? Alas ! they are no 
 more. In their place are 
 negroes and coolies, and the 
 various colored races result- 
 ing from amalgamation of 
 
 these with the ever-dominant white man. The Dragon's Mouth — 
 so called by Columbus from the dangerous character of its current 
 — gives entrance into the great Gulf of Paria. You will sail in 
 between high cliffs covered with a vegetation that hardly prepares 
 you for the richness of the island beyond. There are four of 
 these channels opening into the Gulf of Paria, which lies between 
 
 Trinidad and the 
 
 COOLIE WOMAN, TRINIDAD. 
 
 
 ^■^^'. 
 
 continent, with a 
 length of upwards 
 of 100 miles, and an 
 average breadth of 
 fifty. While the 
 shores of Trinidad 
 are mainly hilly 
 east and north, the 
 southern shores of 
 the great Gulf are 
 generally low and 
 marshy, bordered 
 by great groves of 
 mangroves, which 
 have extended into 
 
 CLOCK TOWER, TRINIDAD. 
 
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 SOUTHEliN WINTER RESORTS. 
 
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 cons 
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 said 
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 sucl: 
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 BAMBOOS, TRINIDAD. 
 
 places several miles beyond the land. These trees were once inhabited 
 by a tribe of Indians, called Guaroners.who built their huts among the 
 branches, lived on flsh, and carried on a little trade with Trinidad. 
 The southern opening to tlie Gulf of Paria, between Trinidad and the 
 delta of the Orinoco, is called the Serpent's Mouth, and through this 
 mouth, from the southward, are blown some of the strongest currents 
 ever breasted by sea-faring men, sometimes with a velocity of from 
 three to four miles an hour. 
 
 GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE, TRINIDAD. 
 
 And now, having examined the " lay of the land," and having cast 
 a glance at the historic cruising-ground of Columbus and Kaleigh, let 
 us look at the principal port of Trinidad — 
 
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 PORT OF SPAIN. 
 
 It lies la the northwestern part of the island, near the Caroni 
 River, occupying a portion of a plain, well cultivated and fertile. It is 
 considered a desirable place of residence during a good portion of the 
 year. It contains about 22,000 inhabitants, many fine buildings, and ia 
 considered one of the most important cities in these islands. It has 
 been so often and so exhaustively described that little remains to be 
 said. The object of this guide is to direct attention to the equally 
 beautiful, though less known, islands north of Trinidad, and to present 
 such descriptions as have not l)efore been offered to the public. 
 Writers without number have paid their respects to Trinidad ; it was 
 the stamping-ground of the late Canon Kingsley, and if any one can 
 
 CORNER or KING AND FREDERICK STREETS, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD. 
 
 follow in his wake and discover any new object for enthusiasm, he 
 must be more than mortal, for Kingsley saw (very often) with the eye 
 offaitli. The Botanic Garden is the lion of Port of Spain; it should 
 be studied for days, as here are gathered the principal plants of the 
 tropical world. Of late years it has been suffered to rest on its laurels, 
 and has been more an object of profit than pleasure. 
 
 The vultures that congregate by hundreds in the trees of the 
 square, roost on the house-tops, and wrangle over refuse in the streets, 
 are curious to the visitor, but they indicate the sanitary conditio', of 
 the city, for they are the sole scavengers and only sewers. They are 
 
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 SOUTHERN WINTER RESORTS. 
 
 protectod by law and kocp the streeta wondorfuUy clean. A railroad 
 leads into tlio country, through and into beautiful scenery, and little 
 steamers provide access to the many delipflitful towns along the coast. 
 With its broad savanna of mafjniflcent proimrtions, perpetually ver- 
 dant, itH palms, grand public l)uildin<,'s, its tropical garden and its cool 
 and inviting surroundings of liills and mountains. Port of Si)ain should 
 attract annually thousands of visitors. The greatest wonder of the 
 island is the Pitch Lake, r(^at'hc(l by a steamer every two days from 
 town, whoso surface of bubbling asphalt has excited the wonder and 
 admiration of generations. 
 
 It will seem to the voyager that the journey into the tropics is but 
 just begun, when he stands upon this threshold of the mysterious con- 
 tinent whose shores lie dim in siglit from the hills of Port of Spain ; and, 
 if the spirit so moves him, he can (ero enter upon cruises that will 
 eventually bring him to the Andes, or' the Straits of Magellan. 
 
 Steam lines center here, and connect with the "Quebec Line" 
 steamers, that will carry one in any direction— south, east, or west— to 
 British Guiana, Venezuela, Curav'oa, and Caracas. The mighty Ori- 
 noco empties its waters here, and up tliis turbid stream the steamers 
 of the " Orinoco Navigation Company " plougli their way as far as navi- 
 gation permits. Angostura, famous for its bitters, and the gold mines 
 of Bolivar, which seem about to realize Ruleigli's dream of El Dorado 
 of three centuries ago, v in be reached by tliis lino of steamers. Croco- 
 diles, ibis, pumas, cougars, pheasants, monkeys, and all the denizens 
 of tropical wildernesses, are here in abundance. 
 
 There is no end to tlie possibilities of a winter spent in roaming 
 about and over these beuutilul tropic isles; but there is an end to all 
 guide-boolcs and to tlie time at one's command; and let us hope, in 
 closing, that the r<-'ader will be induced to measure our descriptions by 
 his own experience among tlio Lesser Antilles during the coming 
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 West India Bontes 
 
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 The new flrgt-clBES Iron Steamobip IKIMDJ^D, 2,2C0 tons, bavinfi: excellent pasEen 
 ger accommodation, will sail from the Company's pier, new, 47 Nortb River, every 
 alternate Thursday, from October till January, wben sailicgs will be every ten (10) days. 
 During the months of Anril, May and Juce, steamers will leave every Thursday at 8 p. m. 
 
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 To ST. Kins. ANTIGUA, DOMINICA, MARTINIQUE, ST. LUCIA, 
 
 BARBADOS, TRINIDAD. 
 
 The flrst-olBM Iron Steamshlpa "OKIMOCO," 1900 tons; "MUKIEI.." 1800 
 tons; •' BERMVDA," ISOO tons. 
 
 These vessels, having excellent Passecger Accommodation, are scheduled to sail from 
 Pier 47 (new number) every fourteen days. 
 
 Tickets are for sale at all principal Ticket Offices in the United States and Canada. 
 For passage and laformatloB of the above routes, apply to THOB. COOK A SON, 
 161 Broadway, New York. 
 
 For freight passage, letters of credit, Ac., apply to 
 
 A. 1. OUTlEBEIS&l & CO., Agents, 51 Broadway, l^'ew York. 
 ARTHUR AHERN, Secretary, QUEBEC.