Dunns River tumbles into the Caribbean on the north coast of Jamaica, near St. Anns Bay. The meeting place of the fresh and salt waters is a popular resort for bathing parties. The berries have been separated from their husks, cleaned and dried in the sun, and are now ready to be sorted before sacking and shipping. The great depth of this lovely cove gives its water such an azure hue that it is known colloquially as "The Blue Hole." In Jamaica, as in other mountainous tropical countries, a few thousand feet in elevation above sea level effect a marked change in temperature and physical aspects of the countryside. Certain parts of the island suggest scenes in rural England, but the flaming royal poinciana introduces a tropical note and reminds the traveler that he is still in the low latitudes. ON THE WAY TO MARKET On Saturdays such groups are to be met all along every road in the island. The country people dress in their best for market day and everybody is happy except the donkey, whose pessimistic attitude may be due to the fact that he knows when his load of produce is disposed of he will have an equal or greater human cargo on the homeward trip. National Geographic Society |