New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-06

groves and tidy gardens in the village. Miss Roys
garden was miniature exhibit Of the fruits and
products Of the island oranges, lines bananas,
plantains, mangoes, tamarinds, nOseberries, pine,
apples, pimentO and coffee being cluttered TO-
gether with old-fashiOned parterres of roses and
tropical flowers fronting the road beautiful
palm shot up in the midst of all this fragrance
and beauty attracting humming birds in their
cratic flight by day and irradiated with swarms
Of frefies at night Miss Roy's veranda is a
delightful bower in the early evening with the
breath Of the garden waited over il and with
the vista Of the Manchester Mountains opening in
the gray twilight Coffee served under con-
ditions SO favorable for indulgent criticism would
have 70 be very bad in order to be condemned
with fine cynicism. But hers is superlatively
good coffee, meriting the high praise bestowed
upon il by the distinguished guest, who aban-
doned for the moment his querulOus tone respect
ing England's cast-of islands and the despised
poor relations l asked Miss Roy 70 explain the
inspiration Of her coffee king but she insisted
that there was no secret-save that the coffee
was from her own garden and of the choicest
variety grown on the island, and that good care
was taken of it. Mr.. Froude, none the less. told
the truth about the coffee, he did also about
the Manchester oranges. the most luscious fruit
Of the island, and everything else connected with
this loveliest of jamaican villages
A companion whom I met in Vaudeville had
been having a sorry experience In this quarter
Of the island. lie was a Canadian invalid, VINO
had been packed off 10 the Santa Cruz Mountains
ny Kingston physicians IS the sanltarium OF the
island. The air he had found most invigorating,
but hotels and clearinghouse were lacking and
he had been thrown upon the charity of a forlorn
nent of manner he told me Of his frightful ex-
periences with rats in the sanitarium,' and
Of their nightly raids upon his candles and their
Campaigning upon the bedspraad. Rescued from
discomfort and starvation and luxuriatins in the
peace and plenty Of Vaudeville, he was severe
IN hk structures upon the ignorance of the King
stoA physician who had sent an invalid INTO the
santa Cruz region. Very little seems 70 he known
ABOUT either the old the new Jamaica The
circuit Of the outpOrts, Black River, Savannah
bar, Montego Bay Falmouth, St AIMS Bay,
Fort Antonio and Morant Bay, is frequently made
IL the coaktlng steamers and the island Is CON
siantIy traversed from Kingston 10 the banana
sllpplng centres, but there are few residents who
can really be said 10 know the island well When
TIE authors Of The New jamaica" set out on
wagonette drive from parish 10 parish they
were thought 10 be making a journey Of eXplora-
Noh. The roads are excellent, and the distances
not very great, but one town in the interior Is
IKE another, and the scenery, while rugged and
beautiful, has the same general characteristics.
Sanaicans do not go about very much. The En-
nioltlon has been magnet sufficiently powerful
70 attract islanders from the interior TO Kingston,
ana has set the population in motion. The men
WHO have been most active in facilitating COM
munleations among the parishes and in introduce
Ing Jamaicans 20 their own island are the rep
ieSentatives of the fruit firms at St AIMS Bay
4ontego Bay and Port Antonio in the American