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RECREATION, 



A WINTER TRIP TO JAMAICA.— FALLS OF ROARING RIVER. 



fishermen, who go out at mid- 

 night, returning at break of day, with 

 their catch of fish or lobsters. We 

 secured a good photograph of a 

 typical fishing boat and its occupants. 



As we neared the dock at Kings- 

 ton, the ship was surrounded by 

 small craft of various kinds, occupied 

 by a medley of nationalities, and 

 enlivened with speech in many 

 strange tongues. All were anxious 

 to sell us something or serve us in 

 some way, in order that they might 

 possess our small change. Though 

 glad to be at the end of our voyage, 

 we left the " Alene " with feelings of 

 genuine regret, for she is a delightful 

 craft, and her officers are ever cour- 

 teous, and attentive to the wants of 

 passengers. 



Finally, as we walked down the 

 gang plank, we were saluted with a 

 din of "'Bus, sir! Take a'bus,sir!" — all 

 from negro drivers. We selected 

 one of the staunchest looking of the 

 rickety little traps, which was 

 drawn by a pair of woolly ponies, and 

 for 12 cents each, were driven to our 

 hotel near the beach. We were 



told that for 75 cents each we could 

 be taken to the large hotel in the 

 mountains, 6 miles away. As we 

 afterward learned, by sampling, both 

 houses are excellent, and their rates 

 are low. Everything one needs is 

 cheap in Jamaica. 



After a cursory examination of 

 Kingston and its lake-like harbor, we 

 were invited by a gentleman to visit 

 his sugar plantation, 80 miles away. 

 An early train took us through a 

 level plain 14 miles wide, and then 

 the iron horse climbed the hills, 

 which were fringed with bamboo, 

 whose graceful plumes waved joy- 

 fully in the tropical breezes. 



Houses are few and far between. 

 Here and there a peasant's hut is 

 seen, standing on an acre or so of 

 cultivated ground ; then a herd of 

 cattle, or a few sheep or horses. 

 There are green pastures of tall 

 grass, banana plantations, and a 

 variety of trees and birds indigenous 

 to a tropical climate. 



The journey of four hours ended at 

 the terminus of the railroad, where 

 we were met by a light carriage 



