

CONTENTS 



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Dedication v 



Preface ............. vii 



Introduction 1 



Chapter I. — Geographical Description— Position and Area ... 36 



Chapter II. — Geological View — Mineral Springs, Pitch Deposits — Soil 



and Vegetation 54 



Chapter III. — Natural History — Vegetable Kingdom: Timber Woods, 

 Useful and Poisonous Plants — Animal Kingdom : Mammifers, Birds, 

 Keptiles, Fish and Insects, viz., those which merit attention from 

 their utility as food, their singular habits, or noxious and destructive 

 propensities ... ... ... 70 



Chapter IV. — Climate — Temperature — Rains — Diseases . . . .117 



Chapter V. — Population — Ethnography — Religion — Education — Crime . 153 



Chapter VI. — General Administration — Government — Civil, Judiciary, 



Ecclesiastical, and Financial Departments — Means of Communication 188 



Chapter VII.— Productive Industry — Agriculture — Exportable Articles : 

 Sugar, Cacao, Coffee, &c. — Alimentary Articles : Live Stock, Vege- 

 tables, Plantain, Maize, Rice, Manioc, Yams, &c. — Fruits— Commerce 220 



Chapter VIII. — Topography — Northern Division : Counties of St. George, 



St. David, St. Andrew, and Caroni ....... 269 



Chapter IX. — Topography — Southern Division : Counties of Victoria, 



St. Patrick, Mayaro, and Nariva 301 



Chapter X. — Prospects of Trinidad — Suggestions 334 



