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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  A. 
  Duperly 
  and 
  Son 
  

  

  THREE 
  TYPES 
  OP 
  BURDEN-BEARERS 
  IN 
  JAMAICA 
  

  

  The 
  story 
  of 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  Jamaica 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  islands 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  

   Indies. 
  The 
  Indians 
  dwindled 
  away 
  under 
  Spanish 
  rule 
  and 
  the 
  African 
  Negro 
  was 
  imported 
  

   as 
  a 
  laborer, 
  with 
  the 
  result 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  the 
  predominant 
  race 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  today. 
  

  

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  Photo 
  Service 
  

  

  A 
  SILK 
  COTTON, 
  OR 
  CEIBA, 
  TREE: 
  JAMAICA 
  

  

  'I 
  he 
  native 
  of 
  Jamaica 
  will 
  not 
  voluntarily 
  cut 
  or 
  injure 
  trees 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  because 
  

   they 
  arc 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  inhabited 
  by 
  "chippies," 
  or 
  spirits. 
  If 
  compelled 
  to 
  fell 
  a 
  tree, 
  he 
  

   chants 
  during 
  the 
  operation, 
  "Me 
  no 
  cut 
  you, 
  massa; 
  he 
  cut 
  you." 
  

  

  