PORT ROYAL. 2?! 



eye^ particularly a broken ridge to the eastward^ 

 called the Yellows/' 



The next morning early I found the Gannet 

 just passing the point at Port Royal^ and she 

 anchored^ immediately after^ opposite the town. 

 The island here produces a favourable impres- 

 sion from the sea. The entrance of the harbour 

 of Kingston has an imposing effect. Green 

 fields and plantations extend up the hills^ inter- 

 spersed with white villas^ which^ however^ ex- 

 hibit a scene that doss not strike the traveller 

 as tropical. It rather reminded me of the 

 wealth and civilization of Europe. 



In going ashore with Captain Maxwell in his 

 boau the trade-wind blew so violently and in 

 such sharp gusts that we were obliged to lower 

 the sail, and were wet through with the spray. 

 It always blows thus, except in the hurri- 

 cane months, in Port Royal, after eleven a. m., 

 and a fiery breeze it is. To be capsized in 

 Kingston or Port Royal harbour, would pro- 

 bably be fatal to the best swimmer, as he 

 would be no better match for the sharks which 

 abound there, than the worst* 



