"Cockpit Country, Jamaica" (by Andrew P. Smith)

Barbeque Bottom is one of the largest of the cockpits in the Cockpit Country. The Cockpit Country got its name from the fact that its limestone terrain is composed of hills and steep valleys - the valleys resembling cock-fighting pits. The terrain is as a result of action of rain water reacting with the calcium carbonate of the limestone. This results in underground rivers and caves.

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Barbeque Bottom is one of the largest of the cockpits in the Cockpit Country. The Cockpit Country got its name from the fact that its limestone terrain is composed of hills and steep valleys - the valleys resembling cock-fighting pits. The terrain is as a result of action of rain water reacting with the calcium carbonate of the limestone. This results in underground rivers and caves.
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A Maroon blows an abeng (cow horn) during celebrations in Trelawny, Jamaica. Maroons used the abeng to communicate with each other during wars with the British during slavery between the 17th to 19th centuries. The word abeng comes from the Twi language of the Akon in Ghana, and means 'animal horn' or musical instrument. It is now used during traditional Maroon celebrations and gatherings.

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A Maroon blows an abeng (cow horn) during celebrations in Trelawny, Jamaica. Maroons used the abeng to communicate with each other during wars with the British during slavery between the 17th to 19th centuries. The word abeng comes from the Twi language of the Akon in Ghana, and means 'animal horn' or musical instrument. It is now used during traditional Maroon celebrations and gatherings.
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The Cockpit Country is home to over 100 species of endemic plants and animals found in its forests and its caves. These include ferns, bromeliads and epiphytes. Animals include the endemic yellow- and black-billed parrots and the Giant Swallow-Tailed butterfly, the largest butterfly in the western hemisphere and the second largest in the world. Snakes are also found in the Cockpit Country.

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The Cockpit Country is home to over 100 species of endemic plants and animals found in its forests and its caves. These include ferns, bromeliads and epiphytes. Animals include the endemic yellow- and black-billed parrots and the Giant Swallow-Tailed butterfly, the largest butterfly in the western hemisphere and the second largest in the world. Snakes are also found in the Cockpit Country.
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This river appears out of a blue hole in the Cockpit Country. Due to the limestone geology of the Cockpit Country, most rivers flow underground.

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This river appears out of a blue hole in the Cockpit Country. Due to the limestone geology of the Cockpit Country, most rivers flow underground.
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Visitors swim in Quashie's river sink near Albert Town, Trelawny. This is one of many caves which have subterranean rivers.

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Visitors swim in Quashie's river sink near Albert Town, Trelawny. This is one of many caves which have subterranean rivers.
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Quashie's river sink near Albert Town, Trelawny, is one of many caves which have subterranean rivers and is explored by adventurers and tourists.

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Quashie's river sink near Albert Town, Trelawny, is one of many caves which have subterranean rivers and is explored by adventurers and tourists.
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Windsor Cave in Trelawny is a massive cave, over 10 kilometres in length and composed of innumerable caverns with such names as 'Big Room', 'Squeeze Up' and 'Slippery Shit'. Bat guano from this cave used to be mined as fertilizer and the cave is home innumerable bats comprising five species, one of which is endemic to Jamaica.

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Windsor Cave in Trelawny is a massive cave, over 10 kilometres in length and composed of innumerable caverns with such names as 'Big Room', 'Squeeze Up' and 'Slippery Shit'. Bat guano from this cave used to be mined as fertilizer and the cave is home innumerable bats comprising five species, one of which is endemic to Jamaica.
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