. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. JAMAICA. 383 Physical Featires. Taken as a whole Jamaica is an elevated region witîi a mean altitude far greater than that of Cuba. It has scarcely any of those marshy coastlands fringed with mangroves, or of those outer shore-lines formed by fringing reefs, such as abound in Cuba. The shore is almost everywhere rockbound, and cliffs occupy considerable stretches in a total coast-line of about 500 miles. As in Cuba the highest uplands occur in the eastern part of the island, where they take the name of the Blue Mountains. To mariners coasting alon
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. JAMAICA. 383 Physical Featires. Taken as a whole Jamaica is an elevated region witîi a mean altitude far greater than that of Cuba. It has scarcely any of those marshy coastlands fringed with mangroves, or of those outer shore-lines formed by fringing reefs, such as abound in Cuba. The shore is almost everywhere rockbound, and cliffs occupy considerable stretches in a total coast-line of about 500 miles. As in Cuba the highest uplands occur in the eastern part of the island, where they take the name of the Blue Mountains. To mariners coasting along these shores the range running about midway between the north and south coasts appears in the distance nearly alua^'s wrapped in a blue haze, not dense enough^ however. Fig. 183.—Hilly Region ix West .Jamaica. Scale 1 : West oF Creenw cK 77-40 12 Miles. to veil the crests and valle3's, with their varying tints produced by the cultivated tracts and zones of vegetation. The Cold Ridge, loftiest summit of the rugged chain, attains an altitude of 7,423 feet according to the careful measurements of Maxwell Hall.* West of Catherine Hill (4,460 feet) the main range is broken by a depression, and the irregular uplands, which farther on rise in ridges, masses or ravined plateaux, scarcely anywhere exceed 3,300 feet. Collectively they form an intri- cate labyrinth due to the action of running water, which has excavated deep channels and levelled the valleys in broad basins or narrow glens. Some of the amphitheatres thus formed in the region beyond the hills are locally known as *' ; * Proc. of the R. Geo. Societij, September, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New
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