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“... diet and mode of living should
not require to have recourse to their ministrations. It
used to be said that the best way to ensure good health
was to keep the pores of the skin open and the mouth
shut! Owing to the moisture in the air and the pre-
valence of the trade-winds for the greater part of the
year, the heat of the sun is felt far less than it is at the
same temperature in New York or London, and for this
reason sunstroke is practically unknown in the West
Indies ; but, all the same, visitors should on no account
expose themselves to the direct rays of the noonday
sun. Exercise in moderation is very desirable. A
thorough wetting by the rain should be guarded against,
and chills at sundown avoided. Of late years, the
sanitary arrangements in the West Indies have under-
gone substantial improvement. Malaria of a mild form
is met with in most of the islands in the summer—
Barbados being a notable exception—'but newcomers
are not as a rule susceptible to it until...”
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“... highest
part of which is Fort George ; but it is shut in on the
north by rising ground on which military barracks are
S* The principal landing-place is at the Market Square,...”
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“...JAMAICA 275
The historic town of Port Royal stands at the extremity
of the spit of sand known as the Palisadoes, which
protects Kingston Harbour. It can be reached by
motor-launch or boat. It is of great historic interest,
and was, prior to the earthquake of June 7th, 1692,
.considered “ the finest town in the West Indies, and at
that time the richest spot in the universe,” being as
it was the headquarters of the buccaneers, and as such
the emporium and mart of their ill-gotten wealth.
The rector of the parish thus described the disaster:
h Whole streets, with their inhabitants, were swallowed up by
the opening of the earth, which, when shut upon them, squeezed
the people to death, and in that manner several were left with
their heads above ground, and others covered with dust and
earth by the people who remained in the place. It was a sad
sight to see the harbour covered with dead bodies of people of
all conditions, floating up and down without burial, for the...”
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“... soon as
the gins are started, the feeders take the cotton from the shoots
1 through a small hinged door, which can easily he shut in case of
fire. On the seed-cotton being fed to the gins, the lint
is separated from the seed. The former passes over a leather
: roller and drops on to an endless conveyor, while the seed falls
through the grids on to an inclined plane, and passes through
the floor to the lowest storey. While the lint is on the conveyor,
any motes or other impurities are watched for and picked out.
From the conveyor the lint is taken to the baling-room, where
it is baled under pressure. It is then ready for shipment. In
the lowest room the seed is stored for planting the next season s
crop, for feeding the animals, or for making manure.
THE BALATA INDUSTRY. A flourishing balata industry
exists in British Guiana. This product is a gutta-percha-like
substance which is tapped from a forest tree known as the Bullet
tree or Mimusops globosa. It is used for...”
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