252 THE COOLIE OBFIIAX HOME. 



where that house and that altar are despised. It is easy to 

 propose an equality without Christianity ; as easy as to propose 

 to kick down the ladder by which you have climbed, or to saw 

 off the bough on which you sit. As easy ; and as safe. 



But I must not forget, while speaking of education in 

 Trinidad, one truly " educational " establishment which I 

 visited at Tacarigua ; namely, a Coolie Orphan Home, assisted 

 by the State, but set up and kept up almost entirely by 



the zeal of one man, the Eev. Eichards, brother of 



the excellent Eector of Trinity Church, Port of Spain. 

 This good man, having no children of his own, has taken 

 for his children the little brown immigrants, who, losing 

 father and mother, are but too apt to be neglected Ijy 

 their own folk. At the foot of the mountains, beside a 

 clear swift stream, amid scenery and vegetation which ' an 

 European millionaire might envy, he has built a smart 

 little quadrangle, with a long low house, on one side for 

 the girls, on the other for the Ijoys ; a schoolroom, which 

 was as well supplied with books, maps, and pictures 

 as any average National School in England ; and, adjoining 

 the buildings, a garden where the boys are taught to 

 work. A matron who seemed thoroughly worthy of her 

 post conducts the whole ; and comfort, cleanliness, and 

 order were visible everywhere. A pleasant sight : but the 

 pleasantest sight of all was to see the little bright-eyed brown 



