. Life and adventure in the West Indies; a sequel to Adventures in search of a living in Spanish-America . e, mergedas it was in the louder music of the long rollers of the Atlanticwhich broke on the beach and spent their force only sixty yards away. On the following morning we went out in one of those little two-wheeled buggies so popular on West Indian plantations. The courtesyof the manager in thus showing me ovei- the place was an invaluableadvantage for a stranger in this peculiar locality, about which a fewwords of explanation are desirable. The Nariva River is a tidal creekfed inland by
. Life and adventure in the West Indies; a sequel to Adventures in search of a living in Spanish-America . e, mergedas it was in the louder music of the long rollers of the Atlanticwhich broke on the beach and spent their force only sixty yards away. On the following morning we went out in one of those little two-wheeled buggies so popular on West Indian plantations. The courtesyof the manager in thus showing me ovei- the place was an invaluableadvantage for a stranger in this peculiar locality, about which a fewwords of explanation are desirable. The Nariva River is a tidal creekfed inland by several miles of swamp waters known as the NarivaLagoon. Swamp and river commence near the northern extremity ofthe Cocal and run southwards parallel with the sea, the distancebetween river and sea being nowhere more than a quarter of a mileacross. This narrow strip, on which the house is situated, forms thenorthern part of the Cocal. About two miles and a half below thehouse the river runs into the sea, and from here the southern part ofthe Cocal extends along the beach several miles further towards. The House of the Nariva Coeal.
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