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are white or colored. From the woods of the island they 

 build themselves neat cottages and schooners. They live 

 by fishing for turtles about the keys and banks, and 1 >y 

 cultivating cocoanuts. There is very little money in the 

 island, but there is no actual poverty, most of the people 

 being able to supply all their humble needs. There are six 

 hundred and thirty-three houses, collected in several little 

 hamlets, including a church, a court-house, public offices, 

 a school-house, and a prison. The climate is warm, but ex- 

 ceedingly salubrious. Long remarked that "no part of 

 the world is, perhaps, more healthful than this spot." There 

 is no resident physician, and the only ailments are those of 

 old age. 



Little Cayman is nine miles long and about a mile broad ; 

 and the third island, Cayman Brae, is ten miles long and 

 one mile in width. These islands lie about seventy miles 

 northeast of the Grand Cayman, and are separated by a 

 channel seven miles wide. Little Cayman has only thirty- 

 five people, belonging to two old families. The people lead 

 a very lonely life, but are strong and healthy. Cayman 

 Brae has no good anchorage, but is inhabited by people 

 very much like those of the other islands. It has a popu- 

 lation of five hundred and twenty-eight. 



The third Jamaican dependency consists of the Movant 

 and Pedvo Keys. The Movant Keys ave situated about 

 thirty-three miles southeast of Jamaica, and consist of three 

 small uninhabited islands. In March and April the sea- 

 birds arrive in great numbers and cover them with eggs, 

 which are collected and conveyed in schooners to Jamaica. 

 Turtles are also caught. The Pedro Keys are forty or fifty 

 miles to the southwest of Jamaica, and consist of four 

 islets. There are a few temporary huts, and some cocoa- 

 nut-trees have been planted. 



