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“...being too steep and the fords usually passable.
Kingston and its suburbs have a smart service of
electric trams of the West India Electric Company,
Limited, 25 miles in extent. Fare, 2d. a journey;
7 tickets for is. The Jamaica Government Rail-
way (gauge 5 ft. 4 in.) starts from the west end of
Kingston, which it connects with Spanish Town
(i hour), Old Harbour (1 hour), Porus- (2 hours),
and Montego Bay (5 hours). Another line extends
from Spanish Town to Bog Walk (25 mins.) and
Port Antonio (3J hours, 4 hours from Kingston).
From Bog Walk, Ewarton is reached by a branch
line (20 mins.). Carriages meet all the trains.
The following is a list of the stations and their
distance from Kingston :—...”
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“...2 9 i 3
Bushy Park 20 3 3 i 9
Old Harbour 22? 4 0 2 0
May Pen . 32J S 0 2 9
Four Paths 37 5 6 3 0
Clarendon Park 42J 6 0 3 6
Porus 46J 7 0 4 0
Williamsfield S3. 8 0 4 6
Kendal 54I 8 6 4 9
Greenvale . 61J 9 0 S 0
Balaclava . 70S 10 6 S 6
Appleton . l6§ 12 0 6 0
Ipswich . «si 13 0 7 0
Catadupa . 94 14 6 7 9
Cambridge 97§ IS O 8 0
Montpelier I02j IS 0
Anchovy . i°S4 IS 0 8 0
Montego Bay . II2f IS 0 8 0
Port Antonio Line
Miles from Fares.
Kingston. 1st Class. 2nd Class.
Kingston . s, d. s. d.
Bog Walk. 20J 3 6 i 9
Riversdale. 2ó| 4 6 2 3
Troja . . . 3°| S 0 2 6
Richmond. 3SÏ 6 0 3 0
Albany 42 7 0 3 6
Annotto Bay 49Ï 8 3 4 3
Buff Bay . I8? 9 6 4 9
Orange Bay 6if 10 0 S 0
Hope Bay . 66 11 0 5 6
St. Margaret’s Bay . 6gj 11 6 S 9
Port Antonio 75* 12 0
Ewarton Brat Kingston . . . 1" ch*
Linstead . 231 4 0
Ewarton . 29 5 0 2 6
♦These lines connect at Spanish Town, to which the route is
identical with the Montego Bay line....”
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“...They include one to Lady Elgin, and
another, which particularly deserves attention, was
erected to a distinguished barrister and former
Advocate-General of the island, who “ enjoyed the
uncommon felicity to be unenvied by any, the
delight and admiration of all.” Spanish Town
once had a monastery, an abbey, and two churches,
of which no traces now remain. Bog Walk (boca Bog Walk.
de agua, or water’s mouth), the very beautiful gorge
of the Rio Cobre, is a charming drive from Spanish
Town. A pleasant excursion can be made from 1
Kingston by taking the early morning train to
Spanish Town, and driving thence through the
gorge to the village of Bog Walk. After resting
the horses for half-an-hour, the tourist should
drive back to within three miles of Spanish Town.
Here he can leave the buggy and embark on a...”
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“...Bernard, Rev. C. T., 209
Bert, Captain, 215
Beverages, West Indian, 9
Bicycles, hire of, 85, 112
Bieques Island, 246, 265
Bindley, the Ven. Archdeacon,
7°
Black River, 101, 113, 114
Black Rocks, 225
Black Virgin, the, 147
Blackbeard’s Castle, 266
Blairmont, 86
Bligh, Captain William, 180
Blome, Richard, 73
Blue Basin, 145, 146
Bluebeard’s Castle, 266
Blue Mountain, St. Croix, 268
Blue Mountains, Jamaica, 35,
101, 107, 128, 129
Boca del Sierpe, 130, 134
Bocas del Dragone, 130, 134
Boeraserie, 86
Bog Walk, no, in, 127
Boiling Lake, 244
Bonne Espérance, 267
Booby Island, 217
Books on the West Indies, 51
Botanical Gardens, 91, 143, 159,
170, 180, 197, 223, 242
Bounties, sugar, 285
Bounty, mutiny of the, 180
" Boveanders,” 94
Bo von i, 266
Bowden, 108
Boyer, General, 276
Brasso Caparo, 137
Brasso Piedra, 137
Brickdam, 91
Bridges, Sir Tobias, 156
Bridgetown (Barbados), 61,63, 65
Briggs, Sir Graham, 75
Brighton sugar estate, 217
Brimstone Hill, 223, 225
Bristol, sailings from, 16
British Cotton...”
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