Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . of 1629, states thatthe egg-birds and cahows were all gone, even at that time. The sand flats that border this island on both sides are, at low-tide, excellent localities for collecting numerous varieties of marineanimals that inhabit such sandy places in shallow water. A fewMangroves and Blackjack trees grow here along the shore, close tothe road. (See plate Ixxiv, fig. 1.) St. Georges is a quaint old town with many very narrow andcrooked streets and odd-looking buildings, many of them very is said that the narrowness of th
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . of 1629, states thatthe egg-birds and cahows were all gone, even at that time. The sand flats that border this island on both sides are, at low-tide, excellent localities for collecting numerous varieties of marineanimals that inhabit such sandy places in shallow water. A fewMangroves and Blackjack trees grow here along the shore, close tothe road. (See plate Ixxiv, fig. 1.) St. Georges is a quaint old town with many very narrow andcrooked streets and odd-looking buildings, many of them very is said that the narrowness of the streets (fig. 16) is due to theirhaving been laid out before horses and carts were introduced the fii*st fifty years of the colony, all the highways wererequired to be only 12 feet wide for the same reason. The old Hotel, facing the square, is said to be one of the oldestbuildings on the islands. Its great beams of hewn cedar, some ofthem about 14 inches square, are still sound, though the building issupposed to be over 200 years Figure 16.—Ancient Narrow Street in St. Georges. It looks much more like some old town of southern Europe thanlike anything American. It was the first place settled on theislands, in 1612, and was the capital for about 200 years. It ispartly situated along the water front of a commodious harbor and 444 A. IE. Verrill — The Bermuda Islands. partly on the slope of a rather steep, rocky hillside that overlooksthe harbor. From this hill there is a fine view of the surrounding-islands and waters. On the crest of the hill is situated Fort , with the barracks and other military buildings. Severalother forts, some of them of antiquated construction and now oflittle or no use in war, overlook the entrance of the harbor. Butsome modern batteries have also been built near the town. St. Georges is rather notorious for the extensive business in block-ade-running that centered there during the late civil war in thiscountry.
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