Isles of spice and palm . Trafalgar Square. Bridgetown Martins Bay on the Windwakd (oast LITTLE ENGLAND and supplies at Bridgetown, while from all tlieneighboring islands come vessels to load witKgoods at Barbados. There are few more bus-tling, crowded cities than Bridgetown and dur-ing business hours it is a veritable bee-hive foractivity, hurry and bustle. The careenage ispacked with small steamers and sailing craft;at their moorings in the roadstead, ships, barks,schooners and steamers swing at anchor; light-ers ply steadily back and forth; sweatinggangs of blacks and powerful mule t
Isles of spice and palm . Trafalgar Square. Bridgetown Martins Bay on the Windwakd (oast LITTLE ENGLAND and supplies at Bridgetown, while from all tlieneighboring islands come vessels to load witKgoods at Barbados. There are few more bus-tling, crowded cities than Bridgetown and dur-ing business hours it is a veritable bee-hive foractivity, hurry and bustle. The careenage ispacked with small steamers and sailing craft;at their moorings in the roadstead, ships, barks,schooners and steamers swing at anchor; light-ers ply steadily back and forth; sweatinggangs of blacks and powerful mule teams rolland drag barrels and hogsheads of sugar andmolasses along the docks; crowds swarmstreets and sidewalks; roads are packed withtraffic, every store is busy and the entire popu-lace seems seized with a fever of hurry, workand business, as if lives depended upon it. But with all its bustling modernity Bridge-iovm. is a hot spot, the white streets are blind-ing with their glare of sunlight, and unless oneis bent on shopping it is a wise plan to boarda t
Size: 2395px × 1044px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1915
