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3. One battalion of the regiment is always sta- 
tioned in Jamaica, at Up Park Camp, a little way 
out of Kingston. There the men have comfortable 
barracks, in a situation open to the healthy sea- 
breezes. Meanwhile, the other battalion is on duty 
on the West Coast of Africa. 
4. At Newcastle, in a healthy spot 4000 feet up 
on the steep slopes of the Blue Mountains, the white 
troops stationed in Jamaica have their camp. 
Altogether there are mostly about 1500 soldiers 
in the colony — a small part of the army that 
stands ready to fight, if need be, in defence of 
King and country. Let us hope, however, that 
the day is far distant when they will be called upon 
to do duty on the battle-field; for a country is 
happiest when at peace. 
5. Usually a large ship-of-war may be seen lying 
off Port Royal, or cruising not far away. At her 
mast-head flies the long white pennant that marks 
the ships of the British Navy. She belongs to the 
squadron which the British government sends to 
the shores of North America and the West Indies, 
and which makes Halifax, in Nova Scotia, its head- 
quarters. 
6. In the winter and spring of every year the 
war-ships make a cruise together through the West 
Indian Seas, calling at the different islands. At 
Jamaica they usually stay for a week, and it is a 
fine sight to see the powerful vessels. How different 
