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Title: With Speaker Cannon through the tropics : a descriptive story of a voyage to the West Indies, Venezuela and Panama: containing views of the Speaker upon our colonial possessions
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Moore, J. Hampton (Joseph Hampton), 1864-1950
Subjects: Cannon, Joseph Gurney, 1836-1926
Publisher: Philadelphia, The Book print
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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FORT DE FRANCE, MARTINIQUE. was crowned Empress of the French in 1804. Napoleondivorced her in 1809 and she died at Malmaison, near Paris,five years later. The Martinique statue is a fine work of artimported from France. It stands in the Savane—a largepublic square, with no other ornamentation except a circleof royal palms which rise to an immense height and presenta striking picture silhouetted against a background of forest-covered mountains.
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the: isIvAnd 01^ Martinique:. 67 We had no sooner entered the harbor than divers flockedabout our ship—the most daring and garrulous lot we hadyet seen. They were also less considerate of appearance thanthose at the other islands. Black as coal, they did not takethe trouble to wear tights, but appeared in all the glory ofnature. While they wxre about, the ladies of the ship wereobliged to retire from the rail and seek V^he seclusionthat the cabin grants. The French government has had agreat deal to contend with in Martinique, and tliis n.iay notbe the time to add to the burden, but nevertheless it couldnot do a better service to tourists and to decency than toput some wholesome restraints (and clothes) on thesedivers. Some beautiful views unfolded at Fort de France,including the old fort left by the English during one oftheir occupancies of the island, but one that struck ourparticular fancy was a brand-new American flag at the sternof a row-boat containing a gentleman attired in wh

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