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THE SUMMER BIRDS OF JAMAICA

... and Sheets of brackish ot· green gaulin. Sheets of brackish ot· fresh water are the haunts of the Florida gallinule and Caribbean coot, and here may be seen the The noisy West Indian jacana. The last-named is a lovely bird in appearance-maroon and purple ...

Published: Saturday 13 February 1937
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1925 | Page: 74 | Tags: none

COUNTRYMAN~s

... of such things than a reef or the borders of a lagoon. As a picker-up of unconsidered trifles I combed the shores of the Caribbean, the South Seas and the Eastern Archipelago, amassing choice pieces of bleached coral, dried seaweed, driftwood and broken ...

Published: Friday 16 August 1946
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4115 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

these buccaneers were the first inhabitants of the islands. No

... been of no great importance in history or geography. They lie, as a matter of fact, far away in the \Vestern end of the Caribbean Sea, miles out of the track pursued by the ordinary visitor to the \Vest Indie . Before Dr. Lowe went he himself kne· Yery ...

Published: Saturday 04 May 1912
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 6430 | Page: 81 | Tags: none

HONEY~POT

... Clifford to the ruffia nl y outlaws of the eighteenth century-are all associated in one way or another with the islands of the Caribbean , and even the no less picturesque Algerine corsairs and the 1 · enegadoes who consorted with them find no place in his chronicle ...

Published: Saturday 22 March 1930
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 6436 | Page: 205 | Tags: none

Try him again, suggests George. o barracoota, no

... village will have a banquet lasting until the small hours on the strength of it, unless one of the hotels is a willing buyer. CARIBBEAN We tack and cover the same ground again. Thi3 time it was my turn, and, with hands tom and smarting from the ~a lt , we bring ...

Published: Saturday 16 December 1933
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3682 | Page: 39 | Tags: none

i LLUS TRATED

... bulwarks, and looked far out over the a!itterin blue and 'All the seas hefore me,' he nnlrmu;ed, tho~ghtfully; sih·er of the Caribbean. 'All the seas hefore me,' he nnlrmu;ed, tho~ghtfully; 'how much can I make the seas give up for the service of the King ...

Published: Saturday 04 May 1901
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4509 | Page: 49 | Tags: none

Our Portrait Illustrations

... has overtaken the city of St. P ierre in the French colony of M·artinique, one of the fringe of islands that shuts off the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic. It is u?li!'ely that we shal l ever know exactly the number of the vlchms. The destruction has been ...

Published: Saturday 17 May 1902
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 5943 | Page: 31 | Tags: none

YAVERLAND M NOR, ISLE OF V\TIGHT

... acrobatic, and be content to revel in the beauty of the scene. The glaring sand, the white-capped breakers of the deep blue Caribbean Sea, and the clean-cut forms of the skimmers, like winged torpedoes, against the cloudless sky, combine to form an unforgettable ...

Published: Saturday 03 December 1932
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 12669 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

NICHOLAS

... on, attracting the \VOrst characters Lima-back to the Caribbean Sea and Jamaica. And, throughout, from every p:;.rt of the world. The Pacific coast knew them next-- Peru, Lima-back to the Caribbean Sea and Jamaica. And, throughout, the lady observes, compares ...

Published: Saturday 10 March 1928
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 20978 | Page: 59 | Tags: none

OSBQRN & MERCER,

... are, like th e weever, venomous, whereas poissons veueueux, like the melette of New Caledonia or, at certain seasons, the Caribbean barracuda, ~ne those which poison anyone who eats their flesh. The weever is excellent eating; but the spines on the dorsal ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1907
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 17780 | Page: 79 | Tags: none

AND C OUNTRY P URS UITS

... village will have a banquet lasting until the small hours on the strength of it, unless one of the hotels is a willing buyer. CARIBBEAN We tack and cover the same ground again. Thi3 time it was my turn, and, with hands tom and smarting from the ~a lt , we bring ...

Published: Saturday 16 December 1933
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 18981 | Page: 39 | Tags: none