BOOK IL CHAP. VIIL 183 



SECT. I. 

 St. ELIZABETH. 



THIS parifh is bounded on the Eafl by the parifhes of Claren- 

 don and Vere; on the Weft-, by Weftmoreland; on the North, 

 by St. James and Trelawny ; and on the South by the lea. It is 

 watered by the Black, Y S, Heclor's and Broad Rivers, and feve- 

 ral fmall rivulets. Of thefe the two former are the moft: capital. 

 The Y S rife s, firft:, in the South-Weft: angle of St. James's parifti, 

 in a very fmall ftream; and, after a courfe of about two miles, 

 hides itfelf under-ground, and emerges at about half a mile's di- 

 ftance in a large body of water, at about thirteen miles from the 

 coaft; then, after a moderately winding courfe of thirteen miles 

 and a half, foils into the Black River. The Broad River rifes in the 

 Eaftern quarter of the parifti, about fix miles from the fea; firft: 

 emerging in a morafs, called Cafliue, through which it makes 

 its way for about the fame number of miles, till it unites with the 

 Black River. The latter firft emerges in the North divifion, at the di- 

 ftance of fixteen miles from the neareft part of the coaft, and me- 

 anders about thirty-four miles before it reaches the fea, having its 

 ftiream very much enlarged by the various tributes it receives du- 

 ring its paft'age ; fo that, in inoft parts, it is from one hundred and 

 fifty to two hundred feet wide. This is the nobleft river in Ja- 

 maica, and is navigable by boats and barges for many miles. 

 About mid-way, and at the Forks, where it meets with the other 

 two rivers I have mentioned, it fweeps through a large tra6l of 

 morafs. The road, paiTing over the May-day Hills to the Weft 

 end, croffes this and YS over two handfome bridges. 



This great Weftern road, which leads from Spanifli Town, tra- 

 verfes St. Jago Savannah, and the bridge of Milk River, in Cla- 

 rendon ; not far beyond which is the eftate which belonged to the 

 late lord Ol — ph — t. Soon after leaving this, the afcent begins 

 over May-day Hills, continuing rocky for about half a mile, till it 

 narrows into a gloomy path between two hills, over-hung with the 

 interwoven boughs of trees on each fide, which form an agreeable 

 fhade. At the end of two or three miles further on is a fmall 



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