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man. I met Brown the discoverer of the Kaieteur Fall, while I was on duty at 
H.M.P. Settlement. I met there also Sir George Young who was a Commissioner 
in the Des Voeux Enquiry. Sir George Young became afterwards a Charity 
Commissioner. Mitchell is another member of the Des Voeux Commission 
whom I met there also. I remember how Des Vceux was boycotted at the 
time of the Commission. A man not easily forgotten was Imlach, Crown 
Solicitor. He was one of those men who call a spade a b—shovel. Some dis- 
- tinguished clergymen came to the colony on an official visit. They brought a 
letter of introduction to Imlach. One receiving it he said, “ Yes, I am the b—,”’ 
using a word which the dictionary describes as a word of endearment among 
sailors. In the Supreme Court on one occasion a witness mentioned that he 
(the witness) went to the cane-carrier. The question was asked,‘ And what did 
hesay ?”’ Imlach sotte voce exclaimed, ‘It’s nodamned he. It’s the thing that 
carries the canes.’’ Imlach was a great authority on roast plantain. He liked 
a long deep glass which seemed to have no bottom. With him every day was an 
anniversary, and he and a certain Receiver-General daily celebrated the event 
in genial fashion. Seon, a Magistrate, was very much addicted to the use of 
expletives. On one occasion he placed himself in the dock, and after seriously 
speaking on the great impropriety of using profane language he fined himself 
with costs. Fitzgerald was an Irishman full of humour and patriotism. He 
wrote to me just before his death. His letter was in his usual jocular style. 
He died suddenly a few minutes after writing this letter. One of the most 
interesting personalities was Russell—the Sugar King. Russell was really a 
statesman. Trotman had a curious way of taking his drinksin a lump, so to 
speak, in the afternoon. He took them one after the other with very short 
intervals between. I remember the severe Judge, the lenient Judge and the 
facetious Judge. The stern Judge on one occasion paid a visit to H.M.P.S. 
It 1s said that he was much impressed with the sadness of prison life, and that 
after this visit his sentences were not distinguished for severity as they had been 
before. I remember the talented and distinguished Dr. Beauperthuy. He lies 
buried at H.M.P.S. I met Trollope the writer; I travelled with him in the 
Berbice steamer. Trollope said that in this colony the men do not get angry 
and the women do not get cross. 
I may say something about some of the old gold-diggers. The custom 
among this fraternity in former days was to put a good shot of brandy in a 
tumbler and to fill up the glass with champagne. Beer was taken as follows— 
a barrel of beer was called for and the assembled gold-diggers stuck to the 
barrel until all the liquid contents were consumed. On one occasion a leading 
member of the fraternity bought up the beer, and free drinks were distributed 
on board the Bartica boat. Bartica was then the great gold-diggers’ depot. 
[ would say a few words about yellow fever. Since 1865 I have seen a good 
deal of yellow fever. On my return to the colony in 1865, I found yellow fever 
prevailing in Georgetown, and immediately after my arrival T did special duty 
at the Public Hospital. Later on in 1881 a case was admitted into the Public 
hospital, Georgetown. I was on special duty there at the time. This was the 
first. case of the Epidemic of 1881-1888. It so happened that I saw the last 
case of the epidemic in 1888 the patient being a private patient in Georgetown, 
