IV. Extract from Inspection Report of the Island of Trinidad, 

 made in the year 1816, by the Inspector of Hospitals, in 

 conjunction with the Quarter- Master General and Chief 

 Engineer for the Windward and Leeward Colonies of 

 the West Indies. By William Ferguson, M. D. 

 F. R. S. Edin. 



(Read Dec. 1. 1817J 



XAaving heard at Port-of-Spain of an appearance that went by 

 the name of the Mud Volcanoes, we took the opportunity when 

 surveying the southern quarter of Trinidad, to examine them. 

 They are situated near Point Icaque, the southern extremity 

 of the island, on an alluvial tongue of land, that has been ap- 

 pended to the primitive rocks, where no doubt the land origi- 

 nally terminated. This appendage is several miles in length, 

 and points directly into one of the mouths of the Oronoko, on 

 the mainland, about twelve or fifteen miles off. 



We landed nearly opposite to where we were told we should 

 find the mud volcanoes, and after making our way about five 

 miles through the woods, across the sandy isthmus, we came 

 upon two plantations very pleasantly situated, amidst a group 



of 



