258 Timehri. 
sons of the residents of the other ruins, while either rich acres lie aback | 
in uncut bush or the people are hired in the rice-fields—the lands their 
father left them now owned by the despised wearer of the baba and the 
turban—-such a sight tells a sad tale. A further explanation of the 
condition may be noted if the village is visited on a Sunday afternoon 
when the latest cut of coat and the newest style in hat and skirt make 
gay the village street. The malady is evident ; its cure not easily applied. 
But wise leadership, firmness and prudence in administration, less sail and 
more ballast in the education boat, will certainly effect improvement. 
The East Indian is also originating his own villages. In these it is 
interesting to note how soon the wattle-side thatch-roofed hut gives 
place to crabwood boards and zine sheets. I often hear the complaint 
in Water street that Sammy will not spend. The saw-mills and lumber 
yards, particularly of New Amsterdam, tell a different tale. 
But a bright day is coming for our land. Already on the horizon 
is the soft light of approaching dawn. There is no reason why the sons 
of Africa and India with the settlers from the British Islands and 
Madeira together with our neighbours from China and the original 
possessors of the soil should not find, all of them, room for their activi- 
ties and recompense for their toil. 
