Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-05

sy,ny.,on Jsmalcaoct 2. isss.-Dawn
rrsatlns In the east and the blue
,rtsins leaplns out Of their beds OF
~, ard ,umbllng their cloudy blankets
~ very direction result bu'
every direction We caught tne
.,.,npss Of this far-fimed bit u the
~. domain. one who o. familiar
w, .ur own great West. sees In ia
strong resemblance to the
~, ittls OF Dakota. set 10 an ocean
a,t,p.s.arulL Some Of the peaks OF "a.
..,,I range are more than 1000 iee'
,t.t and elctnally yelled Va o'ouua'
n. I,rsr slopes and ridges are
80 vitb most luxurilni vcrdurc OF
..'...nie.; and The foot hills trcndlns
~. H., tbo coast In many sharp spurs
N.Y. eoiossai yandykc pattern nave
~,,sl valleys between. hlled win
~. fs.at ard coffee groves NO elnef-
a.. ever hilf 80 green rs the NV
- ....r. of those deep valleys. They
t.,.d iy mnumcrabic streams
r tuHflnr down from .he upp.l
N9,st. through canyons hAuk'u WEN
Ia. gigantic bampupa anu
t..tr.I ,ar0.ifF ut th' Er,N ul
sltmAcA. "lHni 81 HpIihAH'
illnil ....i1.. called their island, yol
~. Tm. .ifIy SplnitruH fHudfieh
hN"" .,Ii.f their own musical ttHh-
lNL vnt traU j. 40, ana 10 trWAlnfu
EnrHsh. who always fuln inc
pi,tufs ARD wIins me lass dIop et
mine lut Uf every place ihlt V9il..
'gisiheIr pouic hands 10 h'''en III ou'
Co. jay -in'S w ,h. name u this small
ts.lpllttd with ~ celebrated
,i. ANN, or with remembered
WIZ trf.r "a. apron in connection
I,s Do. pua.. ui ginger JudFlns from
NJ, enormous quantities OF JAM ~
,ur.H aII Jamaica glnsar whl,h
tsts Ions been used IN al! paris or W,
.f,uIy.I world. one would tAp'ct 20
49, fIf.alg. "a continent here given
~" :. IfU exclusive production % thnae
i1l articles instead % an extremely
9tfF.d tract. 100 mites lunE 10y W
MA. hardly nno.nith 81 which u yer
cultivated fcfhapa 40 WIN ianAunA
ban aul Havana clgafs ahd Mexican
lIuCf WutN thf articles al' n''u, al
tllst anywhere else Than ~ the plAN'
gb.nHimc ihcy beat
Sarrs po.t Royal. he entrance htr.
iIfiH Ming ION, WD uuhfli ihD usual
W,t fUIa t.runau Level stretch pee
'r..n fHr HHt and she hllla, formed ~
ths Ilg course of centuries by drhiH
girhrI down from above, me pam
rt,ri with cane ntIda, runeg groves
al l..oa palms. du,tsd Nlth villas ana
a. lH pn.mnuya ui sugar iuttliitA
r,.f.rty kingston came Into -ish,-
it. whlr.wallrd ctty ct dream ah
IN fr5m a distance. KlnrIird 10 thr
.lIan and fOay glow OF tnu mprninh.
ttN..n. stretched raudsplt, rlaht
rI.i IluF-a natural brutk-Watcf, tla-
na
Isl. In places barely twenty-five yards
MO- ana nowhere more man My
ia lhf numbering ~ llH % thr lhriu-
Fan POUNDING teaH"lysaly upon 10,
t.t.r wear 30 luy thinner just beyond
t.t rufuE surf wherever the sAna u
10 srHugh. cocoa palms grow thitkiy
! i1Hs unU ul Huii green, above Whit u
aptrlrr hi. masla aud SPAR ui thr
yriasH. anchored On the Other SIDE ~
tar spl and APPARENTLY miN.l W. win
,br h..a.H uI kingston, ~ the W rnd
Uf thr sand bank stands Port hoyai,
fbr ancient puerto Real, 30 Tam
uit boz West Indian history.
lrht.lHuHr frau 10 white oulk hali
WAY down amuug the palms, ana gun
o. nrd ir1m 10 whenever vessel No.
lrF thr c1ilfs Of Great Britain appears
but tht banner Of any other country In
not considered worthy that delicate
compliment TrcachcrouH coral reefs
fae 1ul uf the deep water Tor several
miles some forming low, wooded
iI'riH. nthrfr Indicated only BY thr
breakers dlHhinE over them. and only
local pilots can take vessel through
these natural dcfonccH There are two
channels through which the lagoon can
b. approached. The eastern passage.
a'gng which We steamed. runs ~ near
ilo shore that am onemy's ship would
a. I. N.aHH
batteries hidden among the sand hills,
l1bg before it could reach the mouth.
Ih1 western passage IL less intricate,
II lll that Ih covered b. powerful forts.
Ihl nature and art have combined 20
7 igti0f inr position 90 strong that Ia
ol times Kingston was considered IN
aiiackah'D. Nowadays Dewey, Samp-
1n % Sehlry could shell Il easily
enough over the spit from the open sea.
MNc rounded the point and the lagoon
. lHntl ont before uu, the scene was
iHt Interesting, Directly In front
We the d1ck-yurls, forts and towers
n Port liuya,wlth streets ana terraces,
b lgpp uud turfntH, dumeH and ntepleh,
Az sharply defined IN the exquisite
uahfpatttgy ~ the air. AZ the far
AH rhd " the lagoon, inside the sand
II uaf, lay klugHtun--hlue and hnEy, six
MIer distant Back NJ Kingston. the
mountains. now piled In masses VI
llla'Wy Erny, atren.od with orange
nv ameihyst by the nowly-rlsen sun
BEHIND them.
After we had beaten about Tor half
IN h'ur pilot boat shot out from
~ q with the awlftness OF racing
.h'N' The pilot. though of ebony
,.Wl''NIun like an ~ his calling In
49, waters, WAS vencered with Eng
Nn nom TOP o. toe His white duck
w, was ui tho nAttieat, thu trOunura
wv 900 exceeding Hare az bottom, and
nv tIk hat curtailcd 10 the conyen-
gnl dimensions NJ Tow crowned
w!tA il|H conversation was elifyluE,
WV a urlWl and cncknCy accent which
aoul drive New York Anglo manluo
WV VIVID envy, though issuing from
sa'Aesi lips "Oh say" / can't do u.
s.N'hri Yer know" and numerous al
--'h. 20 bloody rot" ana "beaHtly
Al.n and three penny hn penny
W change bob" Ills boat was an
sn.f cuflously-a canoe. % feet long,
nAuoWel ont NJ tho trunk VI a cedar
w, carrying six oars and capable Of
,m.hlhk toven knots an hour. Seeing
HAln'nlng the waves like a swallow.
pu' remembers the tales OF the dis.
~ l'lH about the incredible swiftness
VIZ canoe In which the Arrowncks,
hnAhlteu Naymacn. and the CARDS
we Wlndward island. went on their
other "h"i"H' WV a."
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