The Tourist's Guide to the Chief Towns and Villages of the Island of Jamaica; To Which Are Appended Several Scientific Synopses ... (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ...fruit and leaves in one part of the tree, the rest being in a dormant state, the fruitful portion becoming dormant the following year. In St. Mary's we have often noticed, that a Mango tree will take three or four years before it has borne fruit all round; the part bearing fruit in any one year remaining perfectly dormant until it comes round to its turn; something in the same way as observed with the Cotton tree, Eriodendron anfractuosum. We frequently see one branch come into full flower and leaf long before any other part of it. This circumstance induced the, late Dr. Bancroft to believe that the Cotton tree is not a single individual, but a collection of individuals, and that different parts of the tree are perfectly independent of each other. This peculiarity is only noticed in trees on the Southside of the island: possibly, owing to the moister climate, it is never observed, on the Northside. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND HABITS OF THE OLD BOUCANIERS. fbe following account of the origin and habits of the Boncaniers, commonly known as Buccaneers, is gleaned from various records of French and Spanish writers; and on account of the traditionary interest even still attached in Jamaica to those wild roaming men, it is hoped a true history of them may prove amusing and instructive to our readers: --The Spaniards had not been long in the possession of the West-Indies and the continent of America, when other nations, especially the English and French, began to follow them there. But although the Spaniards were unable to people such extensive countries themselves, they were resolved that no others should do it for them; and therefore made a most cruel war on all those of any other nation who attempted to settle on any of the Antilles or Caribbean Islands. T..