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“...Island Estate, a short drive up the Blue
Mountain Valley, the sugar-canes are ground by electric
power generated by turbines driven by the water of the
Johnson River, which has been dammed, forming a large
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Bath, in the parish of St. Thomas (40 miles from King-
ston), boasts the hottest mineral spring in the island. It
can be reached by a bridle road just beyond Morant Bay
or from Port Morant (7J miles farther on), from which it
is 6J miles distant. The road from the town of Bath to
the spa follows the windings of a deep and narrow gorge.
Along the bottom of this flows a perennial spring, to
which numerous rills running down the rocky sides
covered with ferns contribute. The mineral waters
break from the rocks at different levels, and can be
distinguished from the ordinary waters of the gorge by
their warmth. The largest spring issues from the face
of a perpendicular rock. • A covered reservoir of masonry
has been built round the outlet, and a pipe fixed in it
carries the water to...”
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