JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS. 99 
Jamaica is as healthy as any tropical country. There is the greatest 
care taken to insure good health. Each parish has an official doctor ; 
the last six appointed were from Queen’s and McGill Colleges,Canada. 
When I heard this I felt proud. In the lowlands the temperature 
rises trom 75 at night to 85 inthe day, sometimes more. I brought 
out a great many curios with me—everybody wanted to load me— 
among others the wonderful lace bark from which the most beautiful 
things are made ; the counterpane on Prince George’s bed at King’s 
House is made of this. You may think it strange, the people all 
walk in the middle of the road in Jamaica. I mean outside of 
Kingston. The very horses seem to know how to keep out of the 
way of pedestrians. In the space of two and three quarter miles we 
counted 764 women going to market with loads on their heads, and 
74 laden donkeys. The women are all light-hearted, laughing and 
talking as with swinging gait they sail along. They travel night and 
day ; they think nothing of a thirty mile walk, carrying a basket 
with a load on their heads at that, enough to break any one of our 
backs. They area little bit superstitious, and when they come to 
the bed of a dry river they generally stop until thirty or forty of them 
get together, and then they start across singing to keep up their 
courage, knowing that during the rainy season many people are 
drowned, and they have an idea that duppies or ghosts are fluttering 
round. As you pass along you see on the pillars of the gates of 
private residences the names of the places after great heroes of 
centuries ago, recalling names of men enshrined in British history 
for deeds of valor. The constabulary of Jamaica are all colored— 
good-looking fellows, well uniformed. ‘The people are law abiding, 
with some vices, like others. They are easily led by those who 
win their confidence, and all are anxious for information. ‘They are 
extravagant in language. For instance, one day in a tram car, I 
said to a negro that the climate of Jamaica was delightful. “‘ Yes, 
sah,” was his reply, ‘‘all in consecution ob de morning and evening 
breezes.” It is great fun to hear some of their sayings. I will give 
you a few of them : 
“ Beggar beg from beggar neber get rich.” 
“‘ Ebery dog know him dinner time.” 
“* Hab money—hab friend.” 
“‘ Hoss hab no business at cow fight.” 
