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forests, with the underlying truths of simple naked 

 nature." 



Many will recall ho\v Charles Kingsley's longing to 

 see the tropics was ultimately satisfied. In his book, 

 in which he describes how he "At Last " visited the 

 West Indies, we read that he encountered a happy 

 Scotchman living a quiet life in the dear little island 



I GROUP OF WORKERS ON CACAO ESTATE. 



Some are standing on the Drying Platform, which is the roof of the 



Fermentary. 



of Monos. " I looked at the natural beauty and re- 

 pose ; at the human vigour and happiness ; and I said 

 to myself, and said it often afterwards in the West 

 Indies : ' Why do not other people copy this wise 

 Scot ? Why should not many a young couple, who 

 have education, refinement, resources in themselves, 

 but are, happily or unhappily for them, unable to 

 keep a brougham and go to London balls, retreat to 

 some such paradise as this (and there are hundreds like 



