{"product_id":"2940013446540","title":"The Maroon","description":"Volume One, Chapter I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA JAMAICA SUGAR ESTATE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sugar estate, and one of the finest in the \"land of springs,\" is that\u003cbr\u003eof \"Mount Welcome.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is situated about ten miles from Montego Bay, in a broad valley,\u003cbr\u003ebetween two rounded ridges.  These ridges, after running parallel for\u003cbr\u003emore than a mile, and gradually increasing in elevation, at length\u003cbr\u003econverge with an inward sweep--at their point of convergence, rising\u003cbr\u003eabruptly into a stupendous hill, that fairly merits the name which it\u003cbr\u003ebears upon the estate--_the \"mountain_.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth the ridges are wooded almost down to their bases; the woods, which\u003cbr\u003econsist of shining pimento trees, ending on each side in groves and\u003cbr\u003eisland copses, pleasantly interspersed over a park-like greensward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \"great house\" or \"buff\" of the estate stands under the foot of the\u003cbr\u003emountain, just at the point of union between the two ridges--where a\u003cbr\u003enatural table or platform, elevated several feet above the level of the\u003cbr\u003evalley, had offered a tempting site to the builder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn architectural style it is not very different from other houses of its\u003cbr\u003ekind, the well-known planter's dwelling of the West Indies.  One\u003cbr\u003estorey--the lower one, of course--is of strong stone mason-work; the\u003cbr\u003esecond and only other being simply a wooden \"frame\" roofed with\u003cbr\u003e\"shingles.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe side and end walls of this second story cannot with propriety be\u003cbr\u003etermed walls: since most part of them are occupied by a continuous line\u003cbr\u003eof Venetian shutters--the \"jalousies\" of Jamaica.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese impart a singular cage-like appearance to the house, at the same\u003cbr\u003etime contributing to its coolness--a quality of primary importance in a\u003cbr\u003etropical climate.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079499464944,"sku":"2940013446540","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013446540_p0.jpg?v=1763581401","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013446540","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}