CHAPTER IX. 



TOPOGRAPHY — SOUTHERN DIVISION : COUNTIES OF VICTORIA, ST. PATRICK, 

 MAYARO, AND NARIVA. 



The southern division comprises four counties, viz., Victoria, 

 St. Patrick, Mayaro, and Nariva. 



1. County of Victoria. — Bounded on the N. by the county of 

 Caroni ; on the S. by a line running E.N.E. from Siparia, and 

 intersecting the Guataro or Ortoire at about 10° 13' ; on the E. 

 by a line drawn from the latter point to Mount Tamana ; and 

 on the W. by the sea and part of the south-western side of the 

 lagoon of Oropuche. This county is naturally divided into four 

 sections : the section of Pointe-a-Pierre, N. of the Guaracara ; 

 that of N. Naparima, N. of the river Cipero ; that of S. 

 Naparima, S. of the same river; and the district of Savanna 

 Grande, to the eastward of the Naparimas. 



The section of Point- a-Pierre is bounded on the N. by the 

 ward of Savanetta ; on the S. by the river Guaracara ; on the 

 W. by the Gulf ; and on the E. by Montserrat. This district is 

 level or gently undulating on the S.W., and hilly on the N.N.E., 

 towards the Montserrat hills. The soil is generally gravelly, or 

 a light loam, with the exception of some veins which are clay, 

 and not very productive ; the soil in this ward is derived from 

 the older Parian, which nowhere presents very encouraging 

 evidence of fertility. However, its quality improves, and it is 

 very productive along the banks of the Guaracara. The prin- 

 cipal productions are sugar and ground provisions. Population, 

 1881,4,393; in 1871, 2,756. 



The river Guaracara rises, as previously stated, in the Mont- 

 serrat hills, between two spurs, one of which terminates at 

 Pointe-a- Pierre on the N., and the other at the Naparima hill 

 on the S. ; it is a tidal stream, with a bar at its mouth, and yet 

 navigable a short distance for flats and boats. 



On the Plaisance estate and in its vicinity are to be found the 



