The West Indies / painted by A.S. Forrest ; described by John Henderson.

Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress.

Chiefly about Jamaica.

Includes index.

Historical -- The town of Kingston -- The people of Jamaica -- The philosophy of a Jamaican gamin -- The devotion of the Jamaican negro -- Turtle fishing -- The women of Wild Man Street -- The West Indian army -- The West Indian court house -- The military camp at Newcastle -- The recreations of the black man -- The Dandy and the Coquette -- Bog Walk -- The politics of the Jamaican negro -- The White Man's politics -- Alligator shooting in a West Indian swamp -- Commercial Jamaica -- The flora of Jamaica -- A West Indian race-Course -- The hill stations -- A fragmet -- Matters of interest to tourists -- Certain things the West Indian tourist must not do -- The Caribbean group -- Hayti -- In conclusion.

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