FEBRUARY 27.
The only horned cattle said to be fit for work in Jamaica are
those which have a great deal of black in them. The white are
terribly tormented by the insects, and they are weak and sluggish
in proportion to the quantity of white. On the contrary, I am
told that such a thing as a black horse is not to be found in the
island ; those which may be imported black soon change their
colour into bay; and colts are said to have been dropped perfectly
black, which afterwards grew lighter and lighter till they arrived
at being perfectly white.
