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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  Emil 
  P. 
  Albrecht 
  

  

  A 
  COAL 
  SCHOONER 
  AT 
  HAMILTON, 
  BERMUDA 
  

  

  Bermuda 
  is 
  admirably 
  situated 
  for 
  a 
  coaling 
  station 
  on 
  the 
  trade 
  routes 
  leading 
  to 
  the 
  

   Panama 
  Canal 
  and 
  to 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico 
  ports, 
  but 
  present 
  facilities 
  are 
  inadequate. 
  Hamilton 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  converted 
  into 
  a 
  coaling 
  port 
  because 
  its 
  harbor 
  is 
  small 
  and 
  is 
  too 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  

   open 
  sea, 
  but 
  the 
  same 
  objections 
  do 
  not 
  apply 
  to 
  the 
  land-locked 
  harbor 
  of 
  St. 
  George 
  (see 
  

   illustration, 
  page 
  16). 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  found 
  sometimes 
  in 
  chunks 
  weigh- 
  

   ing 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  fifty 
  to 
  two 
  hundred 
  

   pounds. 
  It 
  was 
  then 
  and 
  is 
  still 
  eagerly 
  

   sought 
  as 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  perfumery 
  and 
  was 
  

   once 
  used 
  in 
  pharmacy 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  flavor 
  in 
  

   cooking. 
  It 
  was 
  so 
  highly 
  prized 
  as 
  to 
  

   bring 
  several 
  pounds 
  sterling 
  an 
  ounce 
  in 
  

   the 
  London 
  market. 
  

  

  The 
  instructions 
  of 
  the 
  proprietors 
  to 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  earliest 
  Bermuda 
  Governors 
  

   show 
  their 
  hopes 
  and 
  fears. 
  They 
  say 
  : 
  

   "As 
  touchinge 
  the 
  findinge 
  of 
  Amber- 
  

   greece 
  upon 
  shore 
  which 
  is 
  driven 
  up 
  by 
  

   every 
  storme 
  where 
  the 
  wind 
  bloweth, 
  

   we 
  would 
  have 
  you 
  remember 
  that 
  by 
  

   such 
  as 
  you 
  appointe 
  to 
  that 
  business 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   you 
  may 
  be 
  deceaved 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  and 
  

   fayrest 
  except 
  you 
  be 
  very 
  carefull 
  in 
  

   your 
  choice 
  of 
  honest 
  men." 
  

  

  COMPANY 
  OF 
  I20 
  ADVENTURERS 
  BUY 
  THE 
  

  

  ISLANDS 
  

  

  After 
  amplifying 
  the 
  Virginian 
  charter 
  

   to 
  include 
  the 
  Bermudas, 
  120 
  of 
  the 
  Vir- 
  

   ginia 
  adventurers 
  bought 
  for 
  £2,000 
  ster- 
  

  

  ling 
  all 
  the 
  rights 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  Virginia 
  

   proprietors 
  in 
  the 
  Bermudas, 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  

   company 
  was 
  incorporated 
  by 
  James 
  I 
  in 
  

   the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  "Governor 
  and 
  Company 
  

   of 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  London 
  for 
  the 
  Plantacon 
  

   of 
  the 
  Somer 
  Islands." 
  

  

  This 
  charter 
  was 
  not 
  granted 
  until 
  

   161 
  5, 
  but 
  the 
  purchasers 
  had 
  sent 
  as 
  their 
  

   representative 
  and 
  Governor 
  one 
  Moore, 
  

   a 
  carpenter, 
  with 
  fifty 
  settlers, 
  who 
  

   landed 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  in 
  July, 
  161 
  2, 
  to 
  find 
  

   that 
  "the 
  three 
  kings 
  of 
  Bermuda" 
  had 
  

   been 
  able 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  islands 
  the 
  scene 
  

   of 
  great 
  disturbance 
  in 
  their 
  tripartite 
  

   reign. 
  

  

  The 
  charter 
  gave 
  the 
  islands 
  in 
  fee 
  to 
  

   the 
  Company. 
  It 
  provided 
  for 
  its 
  organi- 
  

   zation 
  in 
  London, 
  with 
  a 
  Governor 
  and 
  

   twenty-four 
  assistants, 
  naming 
  the 
  first 
  

   Governor 
  and 
  providing 
  for 
  the 
  election 
  

   of 
  his 
  successor 
  and 
  the 
  discharge 
  of 
  the 
  

   business 
  of 
  the 
  Company 
  at 
  quarterly 
  

   meetings. 
  

  

  It 
  gave 
  to 
  the 
  Company 
  the 
  islands, 
  

   with 
  all 
  fishing, 
  mines 
  and 
  minerals, 
  

  

  

  