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Volume One, Chapter I.A JAMAICA SUGAR ESTATE.A sugar estate, and one of the finest in the land of springs, is thatof Mount Welcome.It is situated about ten miles from Montego Bay, in a br… More...

Volume One, Chapter I.A JAMAICA SUGAR ESTATE.A sugar estate, and one of the finest in the land of springs, is thatof Mount Welcome.It is situated about ten miles from Montego Bay, in a broad valley,between two rounded ridges. These ridges, after running parallel formore than a mile, and gradually increasing in elevation, at lengthconverge with an inward sweep--at their point of convergence, risingabruptly into a stupendous hill, that fairly merits the name which itbears upon the estate--_the mountain_.Both the ridges are wooded almost down to their bases; the woods, whichconsist of shining pimento trees, ending on each side in groves andisland copses, pleasantly interspersed over a park-like greensward.The great house or buff of the estate stands under the foot of themountain, just at the point of union between the two ridges--where anatural table or platform, elevated several feet above the level of thevalley, had offered a tempting site to the builder.In architectural style it is not very different from other houses of itskind, the well-known planter's dwelling of the West Indies. Onestorey--the lower one, of course--is of strong stone mason-work; thesecond and only other being simply a wooden frame roofed withshingles.The side and end walls of this second story cannot with propriety betermed walls: since most part of them are occupied by a continuous lineof Venetian shutters--the jalousies of Jamaica.These impart a singular cage-like appearance to the house, at the sametime contributing to its coolness--a quality of primary importance in atropical climate. Digital Content>E-books>Nature & Wildlife>Agriculture,Farming,Animal Husbandry>Agr,Farm,Animal Husbandry, SAP Digital >16<

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