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George's, with its town of the same name ; Somerset 

 Island; and Ireland Island, on which is the dock- 

 yard. Besides the above, there are St. David's, 

 Longbird, Paget's, Smith's, Cooper's, Nonsuch, Castle, 

 and many inferior islands and rocks. 



The Great Bermuda, termed by way of distinction 

 the " Mainland," was originally divided into eight 

 districts, called "tribes." A short description of 

 these small districts may be useful. 



Hamilton Tribe, which is the most northern and 

 eastern, is a mere belt of sand, rock, and a little 

 vegetable mould, surrounding a lagoon, which is 

 called Harrington Sound. This fine sheet of water 

 might be made a secure harbour for shipping by 

 cutting a canal into it, the present channel being a 

 mere shallow creek. 



The Hamlet of the Fiatts is situated on the 

 southern bank of the creek, in Smith's Tribe. 

 Tuckerstown, which lies eastward of the lagoon, 

 appertains to Hamilton Tribe. Smith and Devon- 

 shire Tribes follow in succession, in a south-western 

 direction. Pembroke occupies a spur of the island, 

 which there trends in an east arid west direction, 

 and is divided from Paget Tribe by an inlet called 

 Paget Port — commonly Crow Lane. 



The town of, Hamilton presents little that is 



