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CHAPTER XIV. TRINIDAD.
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No scenery can be more picturesque1 than that afforded by the entrance to Port of Spain, the chief town in the island of Trinidad. Trinidad, as all men doubtless know, is the southernmost of the West Indian islands, and lies across the delta2 of the Orinoco river. The western portion of the island is so placed that it nearly reaches with two horns two different parts of the mainland of Venezuela, one of the South American republics. And thus a bay is formed closed in between the island and the mainland, somewhat as is the Gulf3 of Mexico by the island of Cuba; only that the proportions here are much less in size. This enclosed sea is called the Gulf of Paria.
The two chief towns, I believe I may say the two only towns in Trinidad are situated4 in this bay. That which is the larger, and the seat of government, is called the Port of Spain, and lies near to the northern horn. San Fernando, the other, which is surrounded by the finest sugar districts of the island, and which therefore devotes its best energies to the export of that article, is on the other side of the bay and near the other horn.
The passages into the enclosed sea on either side are called the Bocas, or mouths. Those nearest to the delta of the Orinoco are the Serpent's mouths. The ordinary approach from England or the other islands is by the more northern entrance. Here there are three passages, of which the middle is the largest one, the Boca Grande. That between the mainland and a small island is used by the steamers in fine weather, and is by far the prettiest. Through this, the Boca di Mona, or monkey's mouth, we approached Port of Spain. These northern entrances are called the Dragon's mouths. What may be the nautical5 difference between the mouth of a dragon and that of a serpent I did not learn.
On the mainland, that is the land of the main island, the coast is precipitous, but clothed to the very top with the thickest and most magnificent foliage6. With an opera-glass one can distinctly see the trees coming forth
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adj.美丽如画的,(语言)生动的,绘声绘色的 | |
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灌木( shrub的名词复数 ) | |
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glades
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champagne
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creek
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proprietors
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prosper
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abstain
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peculiar
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distress
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pauper
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vices
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mule
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docile
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annoyance
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perfectly
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congregate
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unintelligible
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adj.无法了解的,难解的,莫明其妙的 | |
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enchantment
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sojourn
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qualified
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detailed
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pony
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tempted
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specimen
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spacious
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complexity
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boredom
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etiquette
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grandeur
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villa
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havoc
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virulence
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conveyance
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interfering
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virulently
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generic
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delightful
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