CHAPTER II 

 How TO SEE THE SEA GARDENS 



THE Sea Gardens of Nassau are situated at the 

 east end of Hog Island, which is the island fac- 

 ing the town, the distance being about three miles. 

 They lie between Hog and Atholl islands, the Gov- 

 ernment quarantine station, upon the side nearer 

 to the latter. 



A glass-bottomed motor launch called Bobbie 

 takes visitors from the Colonial Hotel each day at 

 three o'clock for the sum of one dollar. It re- 

 mains there anchored or moves slowly over the 

 principal points of interest for about half an hour. 

 A general impression of what is to be seen may 

 very well be got in this way, and the boat has the 

 largest window of any in Nassau. 



Private glass-bottomed rowboats may be hired 

 by the day by arrangements with their owners; 

 they offer no particular advantage over the 

 former, unless they be used for a more prolonged 

 stay. 



Another method is to take a small boat and some 

 of the glass-bottomed buckets such as are used by 



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