Jamaican Journeyings

World Book Encyclopedia described it thus: Jamaica is the largest island in the British West Indies. It is a tropical paradise of high mountains, soft breezes, and color­ful plants and flowers. Jamaica lies in the Caribbean Sea, ninety miles south of Cuba . The island is about 148 miles long and 52 miles wide at its widest point. It is shaped like a turtle, with east-west mountain ridges forming the turtle’s back. Nearly 95 percent of the Jamaicans are either of Negro or mixed Negro and white...