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the Maine coast. Government House, on Mount Langton — the resi- 

 dence of the governor of the islands — is a conspicuous building on the 

 crest of the ridge which hides the city of Hamilton from the ap- 

 proaching voyager. 



After a long and rather circuitous course through the only channel 

 available for steamers, and under the guns of several forts, one at 

 length enters Hamilton Harbor between two rocks that are not far 

 enough apart to allow the passage of two ships abreast. The still 

 unfinished cathedral, two modern hotels for the accommodation of 

 winter tourists, and the parliament house are the most conspicuous 

 buildings in Hamilton, being situated on the highest part of the slope 

 occupied by the town (Fig. 1). 



The substantial city dock, with its low, unattractive sheds roofed 

 in by arched and corrugated metal, extends along the whole water front. 



fig. i. view of Hamilton from the Haebor. From a photograph by Phelps Gage. 



Beyond the sheds runs Front Street (Fig. 2) parallel to the shore. 

 Across the street from the sheds are the chief business houses of the 

 town ; some of them having a modern look, but the greater part of them 

 with small windows and heavy solid wooden shutters that recall the 

 northern country store of fifty or seventy-five years ago. Unlike the 

 country store, however, the Bermuda store has a two-story portico 

 extending out over the side-walk, so that the pedestrian is partly 

 sheltered by it from the heat of the sun or the sudden down-pour of 

 the unannounced shower that is so characteristic of the islands. The 

 second story of this portico, like most of the dwellings (compare Fig. 

 3), is enclosed by shutters with immovable slats, which keep out heat 

 and rain, but permit a free circulation of air within. The vehicles in 

 the street range from the modern rubber-tired victoria to the low two- 

 wheel cart drawn by horse, mule or ox. 



