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play of the graceful little boats gliding for ever 

 between the islands, and seeming to sail from one 

 cedar grove into another, form altogether the sweetest 

 miniature of nature that can be imagined — 



* The morn was lovely, every wave was still. 

 When the first perfume of a cedar hill 

 Sweetly awak'd us, and with smiling charms 

 The fairy harbour woo'd us to its arms." 



The entrance to the harbour is narrow, and is 

 protected by Fort Cunningham. To the .westward 

 of the town is a hill called Fort George, on which 

 the telegraph is situated. 



The streets are extremely narrow, which is a great 

 disadvantage, as the accumulation of much confined 

 air is occasioned thereby, which consequently renders 

 the town unhealthy. The houses are low, scarcely 

 ever exceeding two stories, and are built substantially, 

 of Bermuda stone. 



The barracks are situated to the eastward of 

 the town, and are very commodious. The Govern- 

 ment have large tanks or reservoirs of water on 

 the north side of the town, for the supply of the 

 Navy. 



The roadstead from whence ships proceed to St. 

 George's harbour is called the " Five Fathom," or 

 « Outer Hole ; " within this is the " Inner Hole," 



