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are so frequent that the soil and rank 

 vegetation are reeking with moisture. 

 We always carried an umbrella to pro- 

 tect us from the sun or from the 

 showers. Though we could not long 

 exercise in the sun's direct rays, be- 

 neath the shelter of our umbrellas the 

 heat was more easily endured than 

 when botanizing many summer days at 

 the North. Jamaica is in the line of 

 the cool trade winds, so when in the 

 shade, one is very comfortable. More- 

 over, the temperature is never so high 

 in Jamaica as it is in our hottest sum- 

 mer weather, the thermometer ranging 

 from the sixties (Fahrenheit) to about 

 ninety as the highest. 



After breakfast we usually worked 

 upon our morning collections until time 

 to dress for five o'clock dinner, an- 

 other light lunch of cake and fruit 

 being brought to our room between one 



