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myself seen her returning from the market carrying a hunch of plantains. 

 Of course there were many more such as Silvanus Wreford, Robert 

 Samuels, etc.. but 1 must pass on to some of the ( !ity men. 



Bishop Austin from all points of view tops the list, closely followed 

 by the two Roman Catholic Bishops, both tine men, Archdeacons Wyatt. 

 Castell. Austin and Farrar. Revds. Slater. ( Hasgow, Foreman Pottegrow, 

 etc.. etc., each of them worthy of more notice than I am able to give them. 

 James Stewart. Peter Stewart. P. P. Fairbairn, James Thompson. The 

 Bookers. Drs. Manget, Cameron (who's panacea for all ills, especially for 

 Booker's clerks was magnesia mixture). Hutson. Wallbridge, etc., and 

 innumerable others equally worthy of notice. These memoirs would be 

 incomplete if 1 were to leave out the late James Veeeock, the greatest 

 Shakesperean scholar that this Colony has even known, who could repeat 

 almost all his plays without a book, it being a treat to hear him suitably 

 delineate each character. His histronic ability and elocutionary powers 

 were of a very high order. He. with a few others, helped to build up and 

 keep alive for several years the late Demerara I >ramatic ( Jlub, bringing out 

 all the best talent, it being no uncommon thing to hear it said that such 

 -,\nd such a play was 1 tetter produced and staged than when done by 

 some travelling company. Nothing was too ambitious for the D.D.C. 

 to put on. as they spared no expense to get perfection ; but for petty 

 jealousies, the usual thing with amateurs, it might still have been alive. 



Music was represented by the talented Mr. Colbeck. who was too 

 advanced for his time, still his good work is bearing good fruit to-day. 

 He was ably assisted by a great number of gentlemen amongst them 

 being the late Rev. W. G. Austin (at one time Inspector of Schools). 



Mr. Cahauc. known as Charley Cahauc. built the Philarinonic Hall, a 

 Bijou Theatre, he always bemoaned the lack of interest taken in real 

 talent as compared with that manifested in dancing dogs or the like. 

 A great deal could be said of this old gentleman and all to his credit 

 These are but a very few of those I have known. 



I might speak of Judges. Magistrates, Lawyers, etc.. etc.. etc. 

 For instance Chief Justice O'Malley who on one occasion when 

 walking through Queenstown Ward saw some shirt tail hoys playing at 

 cricket, quarrelling. When he interfered the hoys, not knowing who he 

 was. used by no means polished language : telling him to mind his own 

 business, which he promptly did, saying it served him right. Magistrate 

 Seon, who on one occasion was summoned by his cook for abusing her 

 went into the dock, pleaded guilty, returned to the Bench, gave himself 

 a lecture, fined himself and went down stairs and paid it. 



Of Lawyers there was " Old Imlach," as good and as honest a Lawyer 

 las it is possihle to know. On one occasion he made a bet with some 

 adies that he would walk to business with a " Check a bit " on his head. 

 which he carried out, for I saw it myself, holding his head as erect as 

 possible and looking neither to the right nor the left. He suitably re- 



