50 ISLES OF SUMMER. 
cents appeared amply sufficient to enable most of these street 
or curb-stone merchants to have a good start in life. The good 
nature and generosity of the colored people as a class was 
very marked. They freely gave to each other from their lit- 
tle stores, and never seemed to either fret, fume, worry or 
hurry. Truly blessed are these destitute children of the sun, 
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven—if heaven is the state or 
condition of being contented and happy—or if it is a country 
where nothing that makes a man rich in this ever enters. It is 
worth a journey to Nassau to learn the extent of man’s artificial 
wants. 
The streets of Nassau are to a large extent made in and upon 
the surface rock, the paving having been previously done when the 
shell and coral sands were hardened into stone. By filling up 
the hollows with broken stone, the roads are easily kept in good 
repair, as the rains soon dissolve the lime in the rock sufficiently 
to form a cement which makesall compact and solid. Prisoners 
in small squads, ornamented and secured by chain and ball, are 
daily seen working upon the roads—sitting sometimes, while 
working with their hammers, unshielded from the hot sun, in 
the dazzling light reflected from the white surface, while the 
thermometer registers from 140° to 150°. 
Sherley street runs next south of and parallel with Bay street, 
and is the second street in extent and importance. East Hill 
street runs for a short distance back (south) of the Royal Vic- 
toria Hotel. A few cross streets extend southerly from Bay 
street—most of them but a short distance. The principal 
of these are: Ist, Market street, leading to Grant’s Town, the 
north terminus of which is atthe City Market; 2d, George street, 
which, commencing at the Vendue House, passes in front of the 
“Cathedral” or Christ’s Church, and extends to the foot of a 
long flight of steps leading to the Government House or residence 
