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the rearward of Mayaro ward, and also towards the S., the soil in 

 those parts being sandy. Its quality, throughout the county, 

 varies from a rich clayey loam and alluvium to a poor sandy 

 earth, characterised by the growth of the cocorite-palm. Forests 

 of mora and cedar are met with in several places, and the county, 

 generally, abounds in excellent timber. 



I have not even a remote idea of the geological formation of 

 the southern range. The nucleus of Point Radix seems to be of 

 sandstone with an admixture of limestone ; and the entire pro- 

 montory represents a rather peculiar disposition, being an insulated 

 headland, bounded on the N. and W. by the river Guataro, whilst 

 the ground is so low, southward, that it cannot be more than 

 thirty or forty feet above the level of the bay, or the river. Point 

 Radix is very rugged, being rent in all directions by ravines, 

 though the soil is a clayey loam of excellent quality. Its con- 

 nection with the ridge followed by Mr. d'Abadie, in cutting the 

 Mayaro track, can be easily traced. The promontory itself was, 

 in all likelihood, thrown up by some convulsion of nature. The 

 disposition of Point Galeota is nearly similar to that of Point 

 Radix, and its geological formation probably identical. It is in 

 the quarter of Guayaguayare, within the longitude of Casa-Cruz, 

 that the pitch deposits and springs, called " Terre Bouillante," 

 and "LagonBouff," are to be found. Population in 1851: 

 985 souls. Males, 537 ; females, 448. Church of England, 47 ; 

 Church of Rome, 902. Mayaro forms the Catholic parish of 

 Mayaro. At Point Radix there is no village, properly so called, 

 but rather a collection of thatched cottages ; a similarly rude 

 hamlet is stationed near the church. 



County of Nariva. Bounded on the N. by the county of St. 

 Andrew, on the S. by that of Mayaro, E. by the sea, and on the . 

 W. by the county of Victoria. Although one of the most exten- 

 sive, this county is the least populated, and, consequently, the 

 least cultivated of all the island divisions. The only inhabited 

 part is the Cocal, or Coco- walk, a very narrow belt along the sea, 

 planted in coco-palms, and which constitutes the ward of Nariva. 

 The whole of this county is crown property, except the Cocal, 

 which belongs to the Borough Council of Port-of- Spain, and 

 nothing is cultivated in the ward but coco-palms and a few pro- 

 visions. This coco-plantation, extending almost from Lebranche 

 to Guataro, was accidentally formed many years ago. Among 



