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I could see no symptoms of this, and the ground bordering the 

 base of the mounds can be trodden with perfect safety. 



The ward of Cedros is nearly all private property ; the cane, 

 provisions, and coco-nut trees are the only cultivations. There 

 are at present ten sugar estates in full culture, four of which are 

 wrought by steam. At Point Icacos is a coco-walk of from 3,000 

 to 3,500 trees in full bearing. There is no river in this ward; 

 but fresh water is easily procurable by the sinking of wells, even to 

 the high-water mark. Besides the lagoons at Icacos, several 

 others of diminutive dimensions are met with at different places, 

 some of which might be easily drained, and the salubrity of the 

 district thereby improved. The sea is shallow all along the coast, 

 except round the Point of Icacos, where the water is sufficiently 

 bold to afford anchorage to a large vessel, within hail of the shore. 

 This, however, by no means renders it a safe harbourage, owing 

 to the existence of very strong currents. A heavy surf breaks 

 from Point Cedros to Los Gallos, during the prevalence of the 

 northerly winds, rendering landing rather difficult, and menacing 

 at any moment the drifting of the craft. 



There is at Cedros but one village, which is situated near the 

 shore, between the Perseverance and Lochmaben Estates, though 

 a few scattered houses at Grande Ville, and on the lands of the St. 

 Mary Estate, are honoured I must say most undeservedly with 

 the name of villages. An Anglican chapel has been built near 

 the latter village, and a Catholic church on the lands of Loch- 

 maben. The wards of Irois and Cedros form the Anglican parish 

 of Christ church and the Catholic parish of Cedros. 



A steam communication exists between Cedros and Port-of- 

 Spain, the steamer leaving town every Saturday morning at 7 

 o'clock ; it touches on the way at Couva, Naparima, La Brea, 

 and Irois, arrives at Cedros about 2 P.M., and leaves at 3 

 for Port-of- Spain, where it arrives at about 9 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 time his journey with the ebb of the tide, unless he 

 should prefer being exposed to be drenched by the waves at its 

 flow, or even prevented altogether from proceeding. 



Wards of Erin and Moruga. These two districts trend along 

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



