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Pointe-a-Pierre, on the La Carriere estate, both on account of its 

 deep water and the direct line of its position with the Bocas or 

 Dragon's mouths. If this district and the adjoining country ever 

 became thoroughly settled, the formation of a town in that locality 

 would be well worth consideration. For a town built on the 

 Perseverance or La Carriere estate, would possess advantages of 

 which San Fernando must for ever be deprived, viz., a good 

 port, excellent building materials, and the proximity of good water. 

 The mission of Montserrat, which is laid down on all our maps, is 

 no longer in existence, its former inhabitants having dispersed 

 into the neighbouring districts. This dispersion took place about 

 the year 1824. The Royal road to San Fernando crosses the 

 Guaracara, about half a mile from its mouth, over a fine bridge of 

 wood lately erected. The district of Pointe-a-Pierre constitutes 

 the catholic parish of the same name, and the parish of St. Peter 

 attached to the church of England. 



North Naparima. This section is bounded on the N. by the 

 Guaracara ; on the S. by the South Naparima eastern road ; on the 

 W. by the gulf ; and on the E. by Savannah Grande : it comprises 

 the only ward of North Naparima. This ward presents everywhere 

 an undulating surface, and is traversed from the Naparima 

 mountain to Savannah Grande, in an easterly direction, by a ridge 

 which declines towards the Cipero on the S., and towards the 

 Guaracara on the N. the Tarouba, however, intervening : it is 

 therefore easy to trace the connection of the Naparima mountain 

 with the central range. The soil of this district is in general 

 clayey, of a good quality, and usually of a black colour towards the 

 Cipero; whilst towards the Guaracara, it is of a dark brown appear- 

 ance, and less productive : though on the whole of a retentive nature, 

 it is generally considered as very good. In some spots the land 

 seems to be superposed by loamy layers, and after heavy showers 

 or continued rain, it is not rare to see patches of the upper layer 

 from two to three feet in thickness and several yards in extent, 

 slide down the flanks of the undulations with the canes they sup- 

 port. Several fine sugar estates appear in this section, some 

 manufacturing from 400 to 600 hogsheads of sugar. A few mills 

 only are worked with mules, one of which, however, made in the 

 year 1854 as many as 340 hogsheads of 38 inches truss, which may 

 be regarded as an extraordinary feat in the annals of cattle mills. 

 The rivers Guaracara and Tarouba, with the St. John's ravine, 



