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CHAPTER IV. 



Situation and climate. Face of the country. Mountains, 

 and advantages derived from them. Soil. Lands in cul- 

 ture. Lands uncultivated, and observations thereon. < 

 Woods and timbers. Rivers and medicinal springs. 

 Ores. Vegeta ble classes. Gra in. G rassss. Kitchen- 

 garden produce, and fruits for the table, &c. 



JAMAICA is situated in the Atlantic ocean, in 

 about 18 degrees 12 minutes, north latitude, and 

 in longitude about 77 degrees 45 minutes west from 

 London. From these data the geographical reader 

 will perceive, that the climate, although tempered and 

 greatly mitigated by various causes, some of which 

 will be presently explained, is extremely hot, with 

 little variation from January to December; that the 

 days and nights are nearly of equal duration; there 

 being little more than two hours difference between 

 the longest day and the shortest; that there is very 

 little twilight: and finallv, that when it is twelve 



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o'clock at noon in London, it is about seven in the 

 morning in Jamaica. 



The general appearance of the country differs great- 

 ly from most parts of Europe; yet the north and south 

 sides of the island, which are separated by a vast chain 



