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“...JAMAICA 285 historically interesting. When visited by Columbus on his second voyage in 1494 it was a large Indian village and traces of Arawak life have been found in caves round the bay, where the late Dr. Bastien, of Berlin, obtained many specimens. During the Spanish occu- pation much lard was exported from the town, and to this it owes its name, which is a corruption of manteca, or hogs’ butter. On Myranda Hill are the ruins of an old Spanish monastery. The Parish Church, dedicated to St. James, replaces an edifice believed to have been built very early in the eighteenth century, since in 1733 a Bill was passed “ for appointing a proper place for building a church.” The foundation-stone of the present chinch was laid on May 6th, 1775, and the building was opened in 1782. James Hakewill in “ A picturesque Tour of Jamaica,” published in 1825, de- scribed it as the handsomest church in the island. Among the monuments which it contains, those of Mrs. Rosa Palmer and Dr. George Macfarquar...”
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“...months, and there is always a I marked difference between the night and day temperatures. | From November to March the temperature rarely rises above 1 75° Fahr., while the thermometer often falls as low as from I 50° Fahr. to 6o° Fahr. The lowlands in the north have a super- 1 abundance of rain, but the south is subject to droughts. ^ Since I the occupation of the island by the United States, sanitation I has undergone marked improvement. . 1 HISTORY. Porto Rico, the Borinquen of the original Arawak I inhabitants, was discovered by Columbus in 1495- 1° I5°81 Juan Ponce de Leon, who had been one of the discoverer s 1 companions on his first voyage, having received permission! from Nicolas de Ovanda, Governor of Hispaniola, to explore* the island, founded a settlement at Caparra, near the present! capital. The settlement was ineffectually attacked by Drake! in 1595, "with sixe of the Queene’s shippes, and, twenty-one! other shippes and barkes, containing 2,500 men and boys. ■ Sir John Hawkins...”
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“...468 INDEX " Arabian Coast,” British Gui- ana, 372, 381 Arakaka, 384 Arawak Indians, 6, 285, 313, 326, 353 Arboussier, Usine d’, 301 Arecibo River, 325 Arecuna Indians, 6 Arima, in, 115, 135, 140 Aripero, 443 Arnold, William, tomb of, 107 Arouca, 115, 135 Arrowroot, 42, 182, 187 Artemisa, 354 Aruba, 333, 335 Aruka River, 374 Asia, 308 Asphalt, 112, and see Pitch Lake “ Aspinall ” pan, 437 Aspinwall, W. H., 418, 421 Assiento, the, 7, 106 Assistant, H.M. Brig, 187 Associated West Indian Cham- bers of Commerce, 446 , Atares, 345 Atherton, Gertrude, 18, 229, 322 Athol Island, 68 Atlantis, 28 “ At Last." See Kingsley, Charles. Aurora, 372 Austin, Bishop, Primate of West Indies, 377, 380 Austin, Professor, 377 Austin’s Bay, 102 Avila, Pedro de, 418 Avocado pear, 22 Ayuntamiento, the, 348 Ayscue, Sir George, 73 Azores, the, 28 Baal, Robert, 405 Bacchante, Cruise of H.M.S., 45. 86, 92, 107, 133, 140, 163 Bacon, John, R.A., his statu- ary, 264, 276, 277, 278, 285 Bahamas, The, 50-70 Accommodation...”