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replied with great dignity, " Me chile, dey see I was a lady 

 an' dey didn' give me de same work as de other prisoners." 

 Later, on a trip down the river, the same woman, meeting 

 the magistrate who had sentenced her, proudly remarked, 

 "Now I travel by meself ''; her only previous experience in 

 travelling having been under the escort of the police ! 



Many of the blacks have far advanced cases of elephan- 

 tiasis. In a five minutes' walk one will see a half dozen 

 examples of this deadly disease; but it takes more than ele- 

 phantiasis or jail to sadden the volatile spirits of the negro! 



FIG. 60. THE GEORGETOWX SKA-\VALL. 



Cosmopolitan as is the street pageant of Georgetown, it is, 

 however, not so much so as that of Port of Spain. The coolies 

 are even more numerous there than here, and in addition to 

 the same sort of English and negro life, there is also an 

 American, Spanish and French element. One hears on all 

 sides the pretty French patois, and the musical Spanish of the 

 South American is a constant delight. This large Spanish 

 and French population make Port of Spain a decidedly 

 Catholic city, and priests and nuns in unfamiliar garbs are 

 always a part of the picture. 



