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The third theory proves that from | ^I til©time immemorial, Jamaica has been preeminent on account of its water, either salt or fresh. The fourthIt is, of course, difficult to symbolize all of these things within thesholt;ClebarofAsgfouIin*ed1HoflmqiuwhwitwhtoBojlawshetinfch(atthethestotheory shows that this 'water* is sparkling and fresh, thus the theorygoes far in support of Bridges (A.D.1828) a historian who used imagination to vivify history, and whose own theory has been accepted by nearly all of the later writers. He (Bridges)pointed out that in the speech of Florida, the word “Chaubaan”. signified water and “makia” wood, the word being also very similar in sound to ‘Cbab-makla”. This last word, if harmonised to the Spaniard ear, becomes “Chamakia”: hence,the two ideas would be united more or lees so as to mean a wooded country watered, therefore, by shaded springs. In this way Jamaica’s attractive title can be traced back to the far off times when people thought more of the god Pan than present day folk thtink of commerce!Moreover, the title has been conferred on the island by JMatture herself!Thus trees cover the whole1 surface even of the vertical precipices whichoverlook the swift flowing Mouth of apj the Waters: and in the platns, also, otl you find the valuable lingnum vitaeand pimento trees: lastly, both rivers th« and lakes demand attention because vei many of them disappear in order to re-appear In an elfln-llke way! | poDESIGN OF THE STAMP. |th« sai insnarrow limits of a postage stamp, but cy ths 5/ stamp has done its best in the hope that it may please. At the Th right of the foreground one sees a Rh( little stream falling over rocks, and o beyond one sees the god Pan playing his pipes whilst he sits on a boulder; tj1{ thus, if one is imaginative tlfke agood historian) one can hear the La god’s alluring music mingling with otl that of the water. The stream turns rea to the right, being flanked by tall ini trees: thus a glade is formed through ani which distant mountains are visible, do The time is at night, and one ts look- of ing eastwards; theee thtings are tarclear because the constellation of beamealt;Aquarius is rising over the mountains, the great Square of Pegasus being hidden by the trees at thr* left of the picture. The design of the] stamp, therefore, is almost lavish in its use of wood and water. The god Pan, coming from the distant past. Isalso appropriate: he is in keeping with thr ancient title: he symbolizes the spirit of the wmods: besides all this, he Is merry, as indeed are allthe kind-hearted people of Jamaica.wfcMenoshPcth
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Kingston Daily Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Wed, Apr 20, 1921
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