Historic interest: Liberty Hill: Arawâk remains: Dry
Harbour: Landing of Columbus, 1494: Don Christopher’s
Cove: Residence of Columbus, 1503–4: Mendes, rebellion of
Porras, appeal to Hispaniola, bravery of Bartolommeo
Columbus: Sevilla Nueva, Sloane’s account, Peter Martyr,
Ocho Rios, Chireras: Doyley’s defeat of Sasi: Rio Nuevo in
St. Mary, Final defeat of Sasi: Runaway Bay: Sevilla
Nueva: Cardiff Hall: Edinburgh Castle, Hutchinson:
Moneague Tavern: Forts, Mammee Bay, St. Ann’s Bay, Windsor
Fort: Priory: Dixon Pen: Geddes: York Castle: Dry Harbour
Caves: Walton, Jamaica Free School 267
IX. TRELAWNY
Falmouth: Martha Brae: Bryan Castle, Bryan Edwards and his
writings: Fort Dundas: Hyde Hall: Kitchen-middens 306
X. ST. JAMES
Montego Bay: Close Harbour: Church, rectors: Mrs. Rosa
Palmer: Maroons, Block House, Maroon Town, Accompong, War,
Walpole, Treaty, Balcarres, Gillespie, Maroons in Nova
Scotia: Duckett’s Spring, the Scarletts: Rose Hall: Arawâk
Middens and Caves 319
XI. HANOVER
Lucea, church: Rusea: Shettlewood 343
XII. WESTMORELAND
Savanna-la-Mar, church: Bluefields and Gosse: Cornwall and
Monk Lewis: Roaring River, Fort William and Williamsfield
and Beckford 346
XIII. ST. ELIZABETH
Black River: Munro and Dickenson: Lacovia: Catadupa 369
XIV. MANCHESTER
Mandeville: Sir William Scarlett: Bridges 372
XV. CLARENDON
Carlisle Bay: Vere Church, rectors, monuments: Church of the
White Cross: Morgan’s Valley: Chapelton Church: Halse
Hall: Longville: Kellets 373
INDEX 398
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
_With the exception of the full page-plates and the two maps, the
illustrations are from sketches by Mrs. Lionel Lee._
PAGE
Arawâk Bowl 1
Mealing-stone 2
Arawâk Pestle 3
Sketch Map of Jamaica, _circa_ 1661 7
Branding-iron 15
Sketch Map of Jamaica, _circa_ 1866 41
PORT ROYAL
Nelson’s Quarter-deck 68
Kingston Harbour in 1774. _From an engraving in Long's
"History of Jamaica"_ _facing_ 70
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