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formed on the right bank of the river, on an elevation at a few 

 yards' distance from the sea. The labour exacted from the con- 

 victs was the felling and preparing the timber for water transport 

 to the capital. The mora is a social plant, and grows in great 

 numbers on the same spot; whilst the young plants are as 

 thickly set under the grown-up trees as in a well-supplied 

 nursery. The trees were felled and cut into logs, the larger 

 sized being squared on the spot; they were then formed into 

 rafts and towed to Port-of-Spain, a distance of forty miles. It 

 was contemplated to erect a saw-mill at the depot, but the plan 

 was left unexecuted. 



This ward is watered by several small streams, among them 

 the Capdeville, which is the largest, the Irois and Cimetierre, all 

 having their rise in the high lands of the interior, and pursuing 

 a northerly course. The steamer from Port-of- Spain, on its way 

 to Cedros, lands and takes passengers at Capdeville. A road to 

 Erin, called Chatham Road, has also its terminus at Capdeville 

 That road is an important one, as it establishes a communicati 

 between the ward of Erin and the Gulf, and must greatly faci 

 tate intercourse between these two points. Population of 

 Brea, Guapa, and Irois, 1881, 621 ; 1871, 439. 



Ward of Cedros. — This ward is bounded on the N., S., and 

 W. by the sea, on the E. by the ward of Irois, and may be said 

 to occupy the whole of the south-western peninsula of the 

 island, It comprises the three quarters of Cedros to the north, 

 Quemada to the south, and Icacos to the west. In general 

 features and disposition this ward is nearly similar to the pre- 

 ceding, except in possessing the advantage of greater fertility. 

 The ground is chiefly waving, and the surface rather broken, 

 particularly towards Point Cedros and the east ; but it becomes 

 more even as the quarter of Icacos is approached ; the latter is a 

 dead level. The soil is everywhere deep but light. Quemada 

 is, however, very fertile, its soil, though light, being at certain 

 spots somewhat similar to the black soil of Naparima. I/Envieuse, 

 Beaulieu and Columbia estates in Quemada, and Loch Maben in 

 Cedros, are equal to any in the colony. The soil of Icacos is a 

 light sandy loam, containing a very large admixture of organic 

 matters. It is very fertile, but vegetation suffers to a great 

 extent whenever any drought is prevailing. However, all sorts 

 of ground provisions thrive admirably. The coco-palm 



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