The Isles of summer; or, Nassau and the Bahamas (1880) (14777646004)

Identifier: islesofsummerorn00ives (find matches)
Title: The Isles of summer; or, Nassau and the Bahamas ..
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Ives, Charles, 1815-1880
Subjects: Marine animals -- Bahamas Bahamas -- Description and travel
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : The author
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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they obtained more for their money at the EoyalVictoria than any where else. Washing is an extra, the chargebeing seventy-five cents per dozen. A small building at the west entrance of tlie hotel grounds isused as a barber shop, and for drinking and ))illiard purposes.North of it is the hotel garden. The court m front of the principal north entrance of the EoyalVictoria Hotel is entered on three sides through eight large, higharchways, and its ceiling separates it from the main parlor of thehotel, which is projected out from the main building. Beinglarge, airy, and shaded at all times, it is a favorite place of resortby the guests of the house. As a consequence, the colored yacht-men, including the smooth-tongued, exi)ericnced and skillfulCaptain Sampson, and the good-natured, capable, but less showyCaptains Johnson and Mitchell, when not on the water, Avereever, during the pleasant days, to be seen arranging for marineexploring parties. The varied attractions of the adjacent waters,
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■THE HOTEL COURT. 7S islands and keys were portrayed with a fervid eloquence whichnever ceased to interest. Near by were numerous carriages forhire, which were much patronized. This court is also a greatbazaar, to which the colored people of all ages and of both sexeswho have anything to sell, resort in large numbers to dispose oftheir wares. Here, therefore, is offered an excellent opportunityto study the products of these rocky islands and of the adjacentwaters, which is much improved and enjoyed. Many kinds offruits, flowers and other vegetable products, corals in greatvariety, sugar cane and candies, sponges of all sizes and qualities,shells exquisitely shaped and beautifully colored, shell-work ofunsurpassed excellence, canes of the orange, lignum vitee, ebony,satin and other woods, and many other articles make up theirstock in trade. Here also the colored boys came to scramble,in the most laughable manner, for pennies, thrown to them forthat purpose upon the hard pavements of