. Life and adventure in the West Indies; a sequel to Adventures in search of a living in Spanish-America . Town itselfdeserves a passing notice as being the old capital of Jamaica, andis even now next in size to Kingston. It has still some officialpretensions in the way of public buildings, and what is moreimportant for a traveller, an hotel with moderate charges. On myway out in the train I had passed an estate called Belmore Pen,close to Gregory Park, the first railway station from Kingston. Thehouse on this property appeared to be such a good specimen of aJamaican countiy residence that I r
. Life and adventure in the West Indies; a sequel to Adventures in search of a living in Spanish-America . Town itselfdeserves a passing notice as being the old capital of Jamaica, andis even now next in size to Kingston. It has still some officialpretensions in the way of public buildings, and what is moreimportant for a traveller, an hotel with moderate charges. On myway out in the train I had passed an estate called Belmore Pen,close to Gregory Park, the first railway station from Kingston. Thehouse on this property appeared to be such a good specimen of aJamaican countiy residence that I returned on a subsequent dayto photograph it. The name pen implies a grazing farm, but fromthe number of banana trees it may be inferred that this fruit is nowthe principal product. Wishing now to see some moi^e distant part of the country,I decided to go to Mandeville, for the following reasons. The onlytwo outlying places where I had been in Jamaica were Gayle andPort Antonio, both of which lie towards the north-eastern part of theIsland. Mandeville, however, lies in a fairly central position, about. Ippigation Canal, two miles from Spanish Town and fourteen milesfrom Kingston.
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