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Книга по требованию: Nassau, Island of New Providence, Bahamas

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A Guide to the Sanitarium of the Western Hemisphere, Its Attractions, and How to Get There (Classic Reprint)

Вес: 0.09 кг.
Год издания: 2015
Страниц: 46 Переплет: мягкая обложка
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Excerpt from Nassau, Island of New Providence, Bahamas: A Guide to the Sanitarium of the Western Hemisphere, Its Attractions, and How to Get There

It extends along the waterfront for about three miles and back to the crest of the slope, on which stands the Government House, the Royal Victoria Hotel, and many of the finest private residences, at an elevation of about 90 feet from the waters of the harbor. The streets are laid out at right angles with each other, and are uniformly macadamized, as are also the drives around the Island. The houses are, for the most part, built of stone, and the grounds surrounding them are ornamented with flowers and trees. The City has a fine public library of over supply fish in abundance, unrivaled for beauty and size. The Royal Victoria Hotel was built by the Government in i 860, to meet the demands of invalids and others seeking to avail themselves of the peculiar advantages offered by Nassau for a winter residence, and neither pains nor expense was spared in answering the requirements of the most modern and scientific theories of architecture. The building is of limestone, four stories high; each of the three first stories being surrounded by a piazza ten feet wide, forming an uninterrupted promenade of Street In Nassau. six thousand volumes. Nassau has as much right to be called the City of Churches as our own Brooklyn. All creeds find themselves at home in the services of the various churches and chapels. Tiic drives are not to be excelled the roads being equal to the best; the scenery, both seaward and inland, is varied and beautiful, and the harbor and neighboring waters afford at once a safe and extensive boating ground; while the shores are covered with marine treasures in the form of shells and corals. In the interior and on the out Islands game rewards the labors of the sjiortsman ;while the adjacent waters over one thousand feet in extent affording to those unable to withstand the fatigue of out-door exercise perfect facilities for enjoying the fine scenery and refreshing breezes. The rooms are large and perfectly ventilated; those of the first, second and third stories being provided with French casements, opening on the piazza, and each door and window having a fanlight. The house is provided with bathrooms and other modern improvements. The tanks for rain water exceed 300, 000 gallons in capacity; while spring water is forced through the building from a fine well on the premises.

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