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of " Westward Ho ! " was not likely to be deceived, and says : " One meets few or none 

 of those figures and faces small, scrofulous, squinny, and haggard which disgrace the 

 civilisation of a British city. Nowhere in Port of Spain will you see such human beings 

 as in certain streets of London, Liverpool, and Glasgow. Every one plainly can live and 

 thrive if they choose; and very pleasant it is to know that." And wonderfully well does 

 that mixed and happy-go-lucky population assimilate. Trinidad belongs to Great Britain; 





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but there are more negroes, half-breeds, Hindoos, and Chinese there than Britons by ten 

 times ten; and the language of the island is mainly French, not English or Spanish. Under 

 cool porticoes and through tall doorways are seen dark shops, built on Spanish models, and 

 filled with everything under the sun. On the doorsteps sit negresses, in flashy Manchester 

 " prints " and stiff turbans, " all aiding in the general work of doing nothing/' or offering 

 for sale fruits, sweatmeats, or chunks of sugar-cane. These women, as well as the men, 

 invariably carry everything on their heads, whether it be a half-barrow load of yams, a 

 few ounces of sugar, or a beer-bottle. 



One of the regrets of an enthusiastic writer must ever be that he cannot visit all the 

 lovely and interesting spots which he may so easily describe. The present one, enamoured 



