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also saw floors polished with sour 

 oranges cut in halves, and with a tea 

 made of Mormordica Charantia L., a 

 pretty little vine bearing a yellow flower, 

 which the natives called "Cerasee 

 Tea." The floors everywhere received 

 more attention than any other part of 

 the dwellings. To our knowledge, cob- 

 webs and dust were never removed 

 from their usual lodging places on 

 windows, mopboards, etc. 



While upon household matters, I 

 will briefly relate our boarding ex- 

 periences elsewhere, when revisiting the 

 Island. In 1894 we disembarked at 

 Annotta Bay, a little, low-lying village 

 between the mouths of two sluggish 

 rivers, and said to be the most un- 

 healthy place in Jamaica. We passed 

 the first night at "The Army and 

 Navy," an imposing name for a primi- 

 tive little hostelry. We were given a 



