Travels and Adventures 



the other islands are 

 each about an acre in 

 extent, all boasting 

 spacious mansions and 

 gardens and an envi- 

 able appearance of se- 

 clusion from prying- 

 eyes. Passing these 

 smaller islands soon 



brought us in si^ht 

 of the harbour, gay 

 with ships from many 

 nations. Several of 

 the brightly painted 

 paddle steamers which 

 ply on the river Ori- 

 noco, at this time in 

 the port, were almost 

 enough to tempt a 

 rambler to compro- 

 mise himself for a 

 trip. The usual for- 

 malities over, we were 

 not lonof in orettino- on 



shore, to make our- 

 selves as much ac- 

 quainted with Trinidad as the time would allow. We 



