42 S. F. Peckham—Pitch Lake of Trinidad. 
Passing on shore and beyond these piles, the plant of the 
pitch lake concessionaires was encountered, in which the opera- 
tion of boiling a mixture of so-called land asphalt, the ordinary 
lake asphalt and the soft pitch from the center of the lake was 
going forward. The operation is conducted in kettles, resem- 
bling open sugar kettles, and is a very crude and simple opera- 
tion. Passing eastward, I next encountered a wide area 
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covered with asphalt, that had melted in the sun to a level 
surface perhaps two feet in depth. I was told that this asphalt 
was dug from a village lot, the ownership of which was in dis- 
pute; that originally the piles were at least twenty feet in 
height, but while the owners disputed the piles melted in the 
sun. 
