human
You know something about it, I suppose?
gpt
Yes, ma'am; papa was telling me this morning about the mountains and towns, and harbors, and fruits and other things that they raise, said Elsie;
human
Yes, dear; grandma is always glad to give you both pleasure and information. Jamaica was discovered by Columbus during his second voyage, in 1494. The Spaniards took possession of it in 1509.
gpt
Had they any right to, grandma?
human
No, no more than the Indians would have had to cross the ocean to Europe and take possession of their country. And the Spaniards not only robbed the Indians of their lands but abused them so cruelly that it is said that in fifty years the native population had entirely disappeared. In 1655 the British took the island from Spain, and some years later it was ceded to England by the treaty of Madrid in 1670.
gpt
And does England own it yet, grandma?
human
Yes; there has been some fighting on the island--trouble between the whites and the negroes--but things are going smoothly now.
gpt
So that we may hope to have a good time there, I suppose,
human
Yes, I think we may, replied his grandma.
gpt
But haven't we had a good time in all our journeying about old ocean and her islands?
human
Yes indeed, grandma.
gpt
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