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 When English people come to understand the nearness of the West Indies, the benefits of the ten days' sea voyage, the health-giving virtues of the climate, where, in the mountains, almost any temperature can be obtained, and which has been so confidently and emphatically declared by Sir J. Crichton Browne, the stream of tourists will flow towards Jamaica and the other islands in a way that does not now seem possible. Publicity should be given to all the advantages obtainable, and if every means available are employed, our own idea of prosperity will be attained.