Nevis us a West Indian Health Resort. 293 
* Tt is stated it cost £40,000, and it speedily became the chief 
health resort of these islands, drawing visitors in large numbers 
rom both England and America. The engraving on page 4 gives 
an excellent idea of the building, although from the photo following, it 
will be, seen to be more massive in outline than the engraving shows. Its mas- 
sive walls of stone were built by masons specially brought from England, and 
its principles of construction, one arch buttressing or counterforting another, 
rendered it so strong that it has stood, not only the earthquakes and hurricanes 
of over a century, but the attacks of pilferers with crow-bar and pick in search 
of a quarry where they could obtain ready-dressed stone for their own use. 
The architect’s main idea appears to have been to combine strength with 
coolness ; and with the lofty-vaulted roofs and stone corridors, he has succeeded 
so well, that despite its being very little over a hundred feet above sea level, 
it is one of the coolest places in the West Indies. The eastern design of flat 
stone flagged roofs and broad verandahs provides excellent promenade or 
lounging places, and from these one of the most beautiful views in the world 
may be-seen seawards towards 8. Kitts. The rooms are lofty and spacious, 
light and airy. The building has lately been fitted with hot and cold baths 
and a thoroughly sound drainage system. 
* Last year its restoration was decided upon by Messrs. Gillespie Bros. & Co. 
of London and New York, who are now the owners of the property, and the 
upper flat with its charming verandahs and spacious ramparts is now ready 
for visitors. The natural thermal spring has been restored and the water 
“wells ’ up under the feet of the bather at a constant temperature of 108° 
Fahr. These springs have a long record of success in the treatment of rheu- 
matism, gout, sciatica and kindred disorders. A cooling lounge with open ver- 
andah is provided immediately above the Bath, where coffee and cigars or cigar- 
ettes can be obtained if desired. Riding ponies or vehicles can be hired and the 
following places visited : 
“Lorp Netson. Fig Tree Church; distance 2 miles, where the original 
Certificate of Nelson’s marriage with the widow Nisbet can be seen. Monr- 
PELLIER Estate ; about 24 miles from Bath House, on which are the ruins of 
the dwelling house in which the wedding was actually solemnized. SAappLE 
Hitt Peak anp Batrery; about 24 miles. Tradition asserts that Nelson 
could be seen any day early in the morning with spy glass in hand, looking 
out from this peak for the enemy. Netson’s Watertnc Pace; about 
3 miles to the North. A rather uninviting creek that could only have appealed 
to the blunt sanitary sense of the time as a suitable source of supply for the 
drinking water of the fleet, and one does not greatly wonder that deadly diseases 
were so prevalent among their crews. 
“ ALEXANDER Hamitton. Among the ruins on the Northern outskirts of 
Charlestown may still be seen portions of the walls of the house which is said 
to be his birthplace. The ancestral estate of the family is situate about 1} 
miles to the South East and still retains its name of ‘ Hamiltons,’ although 
