268 TRINIDAD. 



£10 10s. ; Jamaica, £2 10s. Thus, taking into account the 

 number of inhabitants, we import nearly three times as much as 

 Barbadoes, nearly double the quantity imported by British 

 Guiana, and six times as much as Jamaica ; we export exactly 

 twice as much as Barbadoes ; twenty per cent, more than British 

 Guiana ; and six times more than Jamaica. 



This shows the importance of Trinidad in a commercial point 

 of view. In fact, its proximity to Venezuela will ever make it 

 one of the most valuable possessions of the British empire in 

 these seas. 



Note. — Justified by etymological and botanical analogy, 

 encouraged also by Dr. Lindley's example, I have, throughout, 

 made use of the word cacao instead of cocoa, to designate the 

 Theobroma cacao ; and of the term coco instead of cocoa-nut, to 

 distinguish the cocos — the botanical name of the coco-nut palm. 

 Moreover, it is impossible that the application of the same term 

 to two plants so widely different in all respects as the cacao-tre 

 and cocos-palm should not create confusion in the mind. 



