Sight-seeing in South America . cent residences, and from here past the insane asylumand the Lazaretto to Holetown, near which are largegroves of mahogan3^ Northward along the coast wejourneyed to Speightstown. Leaving to the left theromantic hills of volcanic origin, known as Scotland, theloute led eastward through the coral territory of parish, and into the primeval forest in whichscores of native monkeys live. At the headquarters ofthe Petroleum Company are several derricks. At depthsof five hundred feet some oil is obtained. Continuing the ascent. Mount Hillaby was ,
Sight-seeing in South America . cent residences, and from here past the insane asylumand the Lazaretto to Holetown, near which are largegroves of mahogan3^ Northward along the coast wejourneyed to Speightstown. Leaving to the left theromantic hills of volcanic origin, known as Scotland, theloute led eastward through the coral territory of parish, and into the primeval forest in whichscores of native monkeys live. At the headquarters ofthe Petroleum Company are several derricks. At depthsof five hundred feet some oil is obtained. Continuing the ascent. Mount Hillaby was , at an altitude of eleven hundred feet, the Atlantic Borbadoes 255 appears on one side and the Caribbean on the other. Asteep descent leads to Bathsheba, on the east side of theisland near a long and beautiful line of surf. Anotherascent from here leads to St. Johns Church. HereFernando Paleologus. the last descendant of the Greekemperors of Con:-tantinople, lived and served for twentyyears in St. Johns vestry. He died in A Saturday Afternoon in Georgetown From this ]K)int a charming road leads to CodringtonCollege, iwo hundred feet above sea level. It wasfounded in 1710 by Governor Codrington. Its gardenscontain thirty varieties of palms, including a tine specimenof the travelers palm and a cabbage i)alm, ])lanted by 256 Sightsceing in South America George V., now King of England. Here also are severalevergreen oaks. About ten miles distant, on Oistins Bay, is ChristChurch, where George Washington worshiped in is the only place outside of the United Statesever visited by Washington. One mile from the church,in a house now occupied by Robert Batson, Washingtonspent several months with his brother Lawrence. Thisstately building is beautifully located. In the middle ofthe eighteenth century it had three stories. A tornadodestroyed the top one in 1831. Antique furnishings stillremain in the house. In Christ Church cemetery, a strange event occurred in1820. A t
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