nature, hospitality and: respect for parents aaid authority ; 

 and the lectin- er remarked concerning their faults, that "if 

 not very thrifty it must be remembered that there is, riot 

 much to save; if not overflowing^ with ambition consider 

 how useless euch a>mbition would be in a. covmtry where 

 opportunities are so few ; if he sometimes likes a drink, 

 bear in mind that Jamaica rum is plentiful and cheap. If 

 he oecaislonally appropriates a bmich of his neighbor's 

 bananas, you should not overlook the fact that there was a 

 good chance to sell it, and his own was not quite fit for 

 market, and also that his neigh}x)r will proba.bly serve him 

 in the same way, by way of reciprocity. If now and again 

 he lapses from strict morality, think how inherent the tend- 

 ency must be, when his anee&tons of a century ago were 

 in the same position as the cattle and horse kind — kept for 

 their Ja.bour and their increase." 



The lecture was concluded with the following poem, 

 after which several stereopticon views of Jamaica scenes 

 were shown and explained, the audience displaying the 

 keenest interest and appreciation throughout. 



I sit and dream in the eventide of a land in a summer sea. 

 Where the springtime is perpetual and the surushine gla.d 



and free; 

 Where the stars shine in full radiance from a glorious 



cloudless sky, 

 And the full-orbed moon in its silver sheen looks down from 



its chariot high. 



I dream of its verdant hill sides ; I dream of its valleys fair ; 

 I dream of its leaping waterfalls ; I dream of of its balmy 



air ; 

 I see in my glowing vision the feathery waving palms, 

 I hear in its darkening forests the birdjs at their vesper 



psalms. 



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