Isles of spice and palm . SPICE AND PALM called the Emerald Isle than this green gemin the Caribbean Sea. But, with all its beauty and attractiveness,there is little enough to see in Montserrat. Oneither side of the dock great stone walls, ex-tensive buildings and substantial houses tell ofthe former prosperity, but all look very dilap-idated now, and from ruined, broken-downcourtyards palms wave above roofless wallsand once beautiful courtyards are filled withmiserable huts. Some of the streets are wellkept and smoothly paved, but everywhere pov-erty and apathy are conspicuous. Gardens,riotou
Isles of spice and palm . SPICE AND PALM called the Emerald Isle than this green gemin the Caribbean Sea. But, with all its beauty and attractiveness,there is little enough to see in Montserrat. Oneither side of the dock great stone walls, ex-tensive buildings and substantial houses tell ofthe former prosperity, but all look very dilap-idated now, and from ruined, broken-downcourtyards palms wave above roofless wallsand once beautiful courtyards are filled withmiserable huts. Some of the streets are wellkept and smoothly paved, but everywhere pov-erty and apathy are conspicuous. Gardens,riotous with gorgeous flowers and tropic ver-dure, are surrounded by tumble-down walls,tiny hovels squat where there should be man-sions, and everywhere swarm ragged, unkemptnegroes basking in the sun, happy in doingnothing and continually begging. The oneredeeming feature of the town and the mostinteresting thing about the island is the broadbrogue upon the peoples tongues and theirtrue Irish blarney. Good-natured, quick at 40. A Bit of Waterfront. Plymouth ^-
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