, 1924-03-27
United States Press Representatives Visit To 81, SSOix, Vjrg
Islands, u. s.. A.
THURSDAY February 21St, 1924.
AS REVIEWED BY BUNDLE BEE EN- ROUTE
(Continued from yesterd1y's A0j8.)
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(Cutu@df from yH@dys AW8)
And again the same author describes his journey from. ChIshansted to Frederic
His narrative is inteWsinga and reads as follows:
After becoming well acquainted with particulars of Basin it was natural to pay
IS situate nearly on a level with the ocean, and passing over the plantations situate IN
der the fe of he bills, and still elevated saverdh hundred feet from t9sh shore, it was
d dv af eaSic bn1oni E any, "thim m b9fore obserye3 GeoIa bnm1e4f found 5@r p ua1
nils s ffd ON aIr5of emry M lon G Heso rna1y va[rusd defender of the bpb
nIom. the bovvm b rmvtbc If ma wc rahNv waving in the hpnzes with sEht
rsfing murmu@ beautiful ows of ornamental trees ordered the splendid road we
we're passing; the wmbing of birds was heard among the branches; small heG clouds
were Fl aHrg in the heavens alternately varying every view, from the brightest sunshine
to the deepest shade and everything combined to impress me with thaid Of passing
earth After a ride of two and a half hours through scene constantly varying Ot
everywhere beautiful, with range OF cultivated onca hills or the right ada view
Vest End suddenly burst upon the view One Of those slight momentay showers
rainbow over a scene which is dwoy$ surprisingly beautiful, The Effect was at once
beautiful and sublime beyond descriptions The imagnan ion Of Mahomet could not sup
ply hseqnl with which o adon his Paradise.
This village is situate OF open ground gradually rising from the shoraino hammed
IN by hills. like Bssn, but with penJ n perspective To give gran eIr as we'll as
Lss co1T@ct in better state of nresTyafon and more in American taste here are
car Judge" there ae about one thousand Inhabitants in the village. nearly. haf white
The amount Of mercantile BUSINESSES as much or more than thai Of Basdn and the
And as to the climate he writes being an invalid at the time:
This frequency of rain together with the rank growth Of vegetation would make
very unhealthy climate were not fOrt he nature of the soil (Which doesn no retain the
water the elevation OF the hd keeping It always uyl ad the me civauo OF almost
every impudy.. There is no low land nr saenaut wae;a and there is scarcely my
therefore it is a good climate for Gwids from the North who need evenness o TT temper
aue nd elasticity Of atmosphere
Evidently our invalid visitor experienced a very unusual and wet January in 1889
tspeak 50 positively OF excessive moisture The average rainfall recorded for January
notably January 1879 when the precipitation recorded for that month was over inches
However, the period from December 1t to May 1t for over half aEcenury has
E" IS the frs sttS sent OF the VILLAGE OF VEST EHd' Suddenly b% na noon t the Vy q or
tianstd the same view presented itself win the exception that instead Of a number of
to load their homeward cargo we behold from. the high lands just south of the town Gch
a charming picture that from tse elevation any real estate developer would call this
suburb "Duena Vsta') Uncle Sam gryholnds awaiting their passengers.
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