322 TRINIDAD. 



Icacos to Point Cedros, during the prevalence of the northerly 

 winds, rendering landing rather difficult, and menacing, at any 

 moment, the drifting of the craft. Point Icacos had been 

 denominated by Columbus Punta Arenal (Sandy Point). It 

 was at this point that the admiral lost an anchor ; that anchor 

 was found, some years ago, buried in the sand on Constance 

 estate, and exhibited at the last Paris Exhibition. 



There is at Cedros but one village between the Perseverance 

 and Loch Maben estates, though a few scattered houses at 

 Granville, and on the lands of Saint Mary estate, are honoured — 

 I must say most undeservedly — with the name of villages. 



A steam communication exists between Cedros and Port-of- 

 Spain, the steamer leaving town every Monday, Thursday, and 

 Saturday, at seven o'clock in the morning, touching, on its way, 

 at Couva, Naparima, La Brea, and Irois, and arriving at Cedros 

 about two p.m. ; it then leaves at three for Port-of- Spain, where 

 it arrives at about seven in the evening. There is also a land 

 communication, partly along the beach and partly through the 

 forest, over some of the points which project into the sea; this 

 road is a mere bridle-path, and the traveller must always ti 

 his journey with the ebb of the tide, unless he should pref 

 being exposed to be drenched by the waves at the flow, or ev 

 prevented altogether from proceeding. Population in 188 

 3,420; in 1871, 3,802. 



Wards of Erin and Moruga. — These two wards extend along 

 the sea-shore, Erin being bounded on the W. by Cedros ; on the 

 E. by Moruga ; on the N. by Guapo and Irois. Moruga, on 

 the W. by Erin ; on the E. by Guayaguayare ; on the N. 

 by undefined crown lands ; and both wards on the S. by the 

 sea. The surface of these two wards is very uneven, particularly 

 towards the interior. The soil is, generally, light, too much so 

 to be considered as of average fertility, except where interstratified 

 shales and calcareous sandstone occur; such tracts are very 

 fertile, though liable to suffer from any prolonged drought. 

 Only a narrow belt, along the sea, is under cultivation. Erin 

 was once pretty extensively cultivated — sugar, cacao, coffee, and 

 provisions being the staple production ; the Erin coffee is still 

 regarded as equal to any grown in the colony. Some of the 

 estates have been abandoned, owing mainly to a want of easy 

 communication with the town; the comparative unhealthiness 



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