LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Volume I.
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Where the Pomegranate Grows, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas | [Frontispiece] |
Map of the Cruise | facing [34] |
The Landing-Place, Port-au-Prince, Haiti | [39] |
Waiting for Customers, Port-au-Prince, Haiti | [43] |
The “Coaches,” Port-au-Prince, Haiti | [47] |
Main Business Street of the Capital of the Republic of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti | [51] |
A Public Fountain, Port-au-Prince, Haiti | [59] |
A West Indian Africa, Port-au-Prince, Haiti | [71] |
Courtyard of the American Legation, Haiti | [77] |
A Mill for Sawing Mahogany, Haiti | [81] |
The Old Fort at the River Entrance, Santo Domingo | [87] |
A Closer View of the Old Fort, Santo Domingo | [91] |
The Cathedral and the Statue of Columbus, Santo Domingo | [95] |
Ruins of Castle Built by Diego Colon, Santo Domingo | [99] |
Where Columbus Planted the Cross, Santo Domingo | [103] |
Entrance to the Fort and Military School, Santo Domingo | [109] |
Looking Across the Plaza, Santo Domingo | [113] |
Along the Ozama, Santo Domingo | [119] |
Looking to Sea from San Juan, Puerto Rico | [125] |
Boat Landing and Marine Barracks, San Juan, Puerto Rico | [135] |
The First Trolley-Car in San Juan, Puerto Rico | [141] |
The Military Road across Puerto Rico, near San Juan | [145] |
Inland Commerce, Puerto Rico | [151] |
A Ranch near San Juan, Puerto Rico | [159] |
The Harbour, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas | [165] |
Hillside Homes, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas | [171] |
In Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas | [175] |
Charlotte Amalie From “Blue Beard’s Castle,” St. Thomas | [183] |
On the Terrace, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas | [187] |
Coaling our Ship, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas | [191] |
The Sugar Mill near St. Pierre, Martinique | [203] |
Coming to Welcome Us, St. Pierre, Martinique | [207] |
Looking from the Deck of Our Ship, St. Pierre, Martinique | [213] |
The Harbour and Shipping, St. Pierre, Martinique | [217] |
The Lighthouse on the Beach. St. Pierre, Martinique | [221] |
The Street along the Water-Front, St. Pierre, Martinique | [225] |
The Cathedral and Water-Front. St. Pierre, Martinique | [231] |
The City and Roadstead, St. Pierre, Martinique | [249] |
Near the Landing-Place, St. Pierre, Martinique | [259] |
The Rivière Roxelane, near St. Pierre, Martinique | [271] |
The Dragon’s Mouth, Entrance to Gulf of Paria, between South America and Trinidad | [277] |
The Business Section, Port of Spain, Trinidad | [283] |
A Village Greeting, San Fernando, Trinidad | [289] |
Where the Lepers Live and Die, Trinidad | [303] |
Gardens of the Caribbees
CHAPTER I.
THE VOYAGE
I.
“THANK you, Rudolph, I believe I will take some lemonade and one or two of the sweet biscuit; that will do;” and I settled back in my ship chair, feeling as serene and happy as a woman in a white linen frock can feel. Every one must have gone down into every one’s trunk this morning; was there ever such a change? Why, the count and his brother are fairly blinding to the eyes, in their smart white flannels. They actually look a bit interesting. Here they come now; the count has evidently had his lemonade, I see he is still nibbling a biscuit.
This is the first time I have realised where we are going. This arraying of one’s self in cool things and white things makes one really believe that, after all, the voyage is not a delusion.