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and also the most beneficial to all parties ; and yet I apprehend 

 that its advantages are not fully appreciated, perhaps because it 

 necessitates from the planter immediate sacrifices which he feels 

 disinclined to make, though they must be followed by sub- 

 sequent advantages. 



Here let me conclude this rather lengthy introduction to 

 a mere sketch of the Island of Trinidad. But the fate of my 

 native land being more or less intimately connected with that of 

 the other Antilles, I thought it necessary to offer a few remarks 

 on the natural resources, present condition, and general impor- 

 tance of the isles of which it forms a not inconsiderable unit. 





