1904.] LECTURE. 83 



As we ajjpi'oacli the western vud of the island we will find 

 more of a grazing section and we notice all the animals have 

 a better fed appearance. 'Idie cows give a very small amount 

 of milk, (hie no doubt to climatic conditions, but they produce 

 excel lej it beef. 



Sugar-cane has been grown for many years, but at the present 

 time it is made into rum rather than into the refined sugar, 

 as the profits in the latter are nuich smaller than in former 

 years. It grows contimiously and there are some very old 

 plantations. 



Saint Ann's Bay, situated on the nortluM'u side of the island, 

 has justly been termed the garden spot of the island of Jamaica, 

 and here every thing seems to grow very luxuriantly and an 

 air of thrift is seen which is more noticeable than anywhere 

 else on the island. The drive from Saint Ann's to Ocho Rios 

 is very beautiful. It is along the shore, and in and out among 

 the boulders and cocoanut trees we wind, passing the Roaring 

 River, a sort of Niagara, flowing on through the tropical growth 

 to the sea. The maidenhair fern is here found in great abun- 

 dance, the fronds being very large. 



The Fern Gully is a point of interest worth visiting, and 

 as you drive through this wonderful natural formation and 

 look upon either side your eye is greeted with a wealth of 

 ferns and other foliage that is most remarkable. 



The breadfruit tree is a very ornamental one, with large 

 glossy leaves and peculiar fruit, which the natives put to good 

 use. The mango is a fruit much liked by the natives, but 

 certainly needing an acquired taste or something else to relieve 

 it of a very pronounced turpentine flavor. A few pineapples 

 are grown and those we tasted were most delicious. Toljacco 

 is grown to some extent, and the coils you find for sale at the 

 shops are very curious. These they sell by the yard. The 

 tobacco is not of the best and they rather depend upon Havana 

 for their cigars, in part at least. 



The logwood tree, similar to our locust, forms a very impor- 

 tant article of connnerce, and its roots are frequently seen on 

 the wharves wiiiting. for transportation. This is sold by weight 



