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The broadefl: part of Port Royal peniufalu is iKMrly oppofite to 

 the Eaft quarter of Kingfton : on this part is a fmall grals-peniij 

 flocked with iheep and goats. The fide next the harbour is iuter- 

 fected with fevcral little ponds and inlets ; and here is the ufual 

 careenin'y-place for merchant-fiiips. This neck of land might be 

 made very paflable for horles; but the people of Port Royal prefer 

 a water-carriage, which is more pleafant, and equally expeditious. 

 Leaving this maritime part of the parifii, I fliall proceed to the 

 other diftrid of it, which lies on the main land. It contains about 

 fifteen thoufand acres, but very few fettlements or inhabitants; for 

 the more level part bordering on the coaft is parched, for want of 

 rain^ and the reft is occupied with fteep mountains. Near the 

 road, which leads acrofs this pariih from the Eaftward to King- 

 fton, ftands the antient habitation of Sir James de Caftlllo, a Spa- 

 nifh gentleman ; who was knighted by king William III. for his 

 fervices in negociatiug a treaty, to furnifli the Spanifli dominions 

 in the Weft-Indies with an annual number of Negroes, by the 

 way of Jamaica [s]. Tliis houfe was defended by leveral fwivel- 

 wuns, ranged on pofts before the front ; its (ituation near the Bull 

 Bay fubjeding it in war-time to the danger of being attacked by 

 the privateers, which frequently have made defcents on this part of 

 the country. 



There is nothing further in the parifh that merits notice, except 

 the cafcade at Mammee River. This ftream takes its rife among 

 the Blue Mountains ; and, after a winding courfe, difcharges itfelt 

 between two rocky hills near Bull Bay, by a fiill of about two hun- 

 dred feet. The diredion of the fall is altered, midway, by a vaft 

 rock, extending from the iide of the adjacent precipice, which 

 breaks the flieet of water, and caules it to be agitated with fuch 

 violence, that the ipace below is filled with a continual mift ; 

 which, fo long as the fun fhines upon it, exhibits a beautiful va- 

 riety of fine irides : from thence the river rufhes, foaming along 

 between rocks, till it reaches the open ground below. Under the 

 brow of the Eaftern hill, above the fall, is a very large and curious 

 cave, filled, like all the others that I have feen in this ifland, with 



[z] He was commiflary-general for the AflTiecto ; lived here many years ; and acquired a con- 

 fiderable property, with univerfal eileem. 



ftaladic 



