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came to settle on this spot and finally said that he was sure that 

 if the place were opened up it would become one of the impor- 

 tant cocoa districts of the Island. — Mr. Ewen said : About a fort- 

 night ago, in the Port-of -Spain Gazette there appeared a small 

 extract from some English paper (the name of which I don't think 

 was given) referring to an efficacious fever medicine given to the 

 members of Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition, 300 years ago, by the 

 Indians "out of hatred to the Spaniards;" when many of them 

 were down with fever on the Caroni. The extract goes on to say 

 that if an} T one now-a-days could discover those efficacious roots 

 and leaves, there would be many people in certain }'ellow fever 

 haunted localities, disposed to barter rather more than their 

 weight in dollars for them. I have pleasure in stating that I 

 think I have discovered them, and if the Club can, and is 

 inclined to barter them for dollars, I wish it all possible luck in 

 that line. The plant is a sedge called Adrue (in Jamaica English) 

 and Cy perns articulatus L., botanically. I am not prepared 

 to say that that particular sedge is to be found on the Caroni, 

 but I have no hesitation in stating — and our friend Mr. Carr, 

 can no doubt corroborate me, — that there are many members 

 of that genus to be found here, while it is quite reasonable to 

 infer that the reputed curative properties by the Articulatus 

 exist in several of them. — Professor Carmody exhibited a young 

 ant-eater Cyclothurus didactylus, which he had obtained from 

 an adult female which he had been trying to keep alive, but 

 without success. — A letter was read from Mr. Caracciolo 

 expressing his i egret at not been able to attend the meeting 

 and forwarding a monstrosity presented by the Hon. W. 

 Howatson and a Peripatus trinitatis found in the Botanic 

 Gardens. — A letter was also read from Mr. Oldfield Thomas, 

 thanking Mr. Caracciolo for some rodents he had sent to the 

 British Museum. They were in all twelve specimens of the 

 following species : Echimys trinitatis, Heteromys anomalus, 

 Holoehilus pahnipes, Oryzomes brevicauda and Mus rattus 

 and Mr. Thomas added that they were the first he 

 had seen of the new species found by Mr. Chapman. — In 

 another letter Professor Riley gave the determination of two 

 ffemiptera Homovtera found by Mr. Caracciolo, one belonging 

 to the family Membracidm of the genus Publilia, the other 

 to the South American genus Darnis. These were found on 

 cocoa trees and the Professor added: "In case they are 

 numerous the best thing is spraying the trees with kerosine 

 emulsion, at the season when the young ones are hatched out." 

 There was also a communication read from Mr. Henry Prestoe, 

 late Government Botanist, — The Secretary showed on behalf of 

 Mr. R. R. Mole a land Planaria, a genus of worms found com- 

 monly about the island, which prey on the contents of land- 



