Encyclopædia Britannica, First Edition/Caiman

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​CAIMAN, or Caiman-islands, certain American islands lying south of Cuba, and north-west of Jamaica, between 81° and 86° of W. long. and in 21° of N. lat.

They are most remarkable on account of the fishery of tortoise, which the people of Jamaica catch here, and carry home alive, keeping them in pens for food and killing them as they want them.

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