BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES I 7 



I sailed for Jamaica on the 'Admiral Samson' of the U. F. 

 Co's Line on Thursday, April 6. Apart from the first day, which 

 was quite rough, the weather during the five days on board was 

 ideal. Port Antonio was reached on Monday morning, and im- 

 mediately on landing I secured rooms at the Tichfield Hotel. 

 The first day was spent in unpacking and looking about the town, 

 which affords a multitude of interesting features to the tourist 



The next morning was taken up by a drive to Blue Hole, 

 where we had our first experience with freshly gathered cocoanuts. 

 Being prepared to appreciate this highly exploited feature of the 

 tropics, its lack of any particular individuality was rather dis- 

 appointing. Here is located one of the innumerable stations of 

 the United Fruit Company, and we watched with great interest 

 the process of loading bananas on the small sail boats to be trans- 

 ported to Port Antonio. In the afternoon a drive was taken to 

 St. Margaret's Bay, and on the following morning Windsor and 

 Mooretown were visited. Here we saw and photographed many 

 cacao plants, as well as the ever present banana and cocoa palm. 

 The afternoon being quite rainy, advantage was taken of the 

 opportunity to photograph a series of tropical fruits in the freshly 

 gathered state. Thursday morning was given over to a trip by 

 carriage to Annotto Bay, which place we reached about three in 

 the afternoon. Owing to the intense heat, and the very in- 

 teresting nature of the place whe r ein we found ourselves, it was 

 decided to remain there until the next morning. The afternoon 

 was spent in a study of the methods of gathering and loading 

 bananas, this being one of the principal shipping stations of the 

 U. F. Co. Leaving Annotto Bay Good Friday Morning, the 

 drive continued over the magnificent Blue Mountains, through 

 plantations of banana, cacao and cocoa palms, to Castleton Gar- 

 dens. Here lunch was obtained, and at three in the afternoon the 

 Constant Spring Hotel was reached. This Hotel being but a 

 short ride from Kingston by trolley, it was made headquarters 

 during the remainder of the trip, as the temperature in Kingston 

 is rather trying during the day. 



Saturday morning I visited Kingston Institute, and was dis- 

 appointed in not seeing Mr. Cundall,. the Secretary in charge, for 

 whom I left a card with my address. After carefully examining 

 the collections in the Museum, I returned to the Hotel, and in the 

 afternoon a drive was taken to Hope Gardens, where I added 

 several negatives to my series of pictures on the tropical fruits 



