En route you will meet more donkeys than cars, also farmers heading loads of grass or coco suckers. Coco, a starchy tuber is roasted or boiled in soup. Legend insists that his severed head fled the scene and that sounds of clashing swords can still be heard here at night. In 1979 after tropical storm Bob deluged the southwest of the island the water level reached 30 feet covering many of the buildings and there was talk of relocating the town. Instead, a number of new buildings were erected on higher ground and this section is called New Town or Lewisville after a popular local politician Neville Lewis.
YS is a private cattle property and leading racehorse studfarm.
Export papayas are also grown. The wild 'karst' terrain, the result of weathered limestone covers 500 square miles, much of it uninhabited and some of it unexplored. The name Maroon is a corruption of the Spanish Cimmaron meaning untamed. The Maroons originated from the Spaniards' slaves who took to the hills when the British captured the island. Joined by other runaways they roamed the interior farming, hunting, harrying the settlers and frequently besting the local militia and British army.