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passages from them ; some of them must, however, 

 be true and I therefore extract such passages ; but, of 

 this later. 



In my selection I have come across three writers 

 that have impressed me with the assurance that in 

 writing what they knew of their own knowledge 

 or learned from other sources, have done their best 

 to be impartial, thus insuring a degree of confidence, 

 and I therefore quote freely from them. These are 

 Sir Andrew Xialliday, author of " The West In- 

 dies/' (1832-7) ; E. L. Joseph, author of " Joseph's 

 History of Trinidad," (1830-7) ; and Sir Charles 

 Lucas, author of 66 Historical Geography of the 

 British Colonies," (1905). Mr. Joseph was a planter 

 in this colony in the early part of the last century 

 and evidently one who, like myself, associated with, 

 persons living and moving in the humbler walks of 

 life. I recommend the perusal of this valuable little 

 book to all who can procure a copy of it ; it is now 

 extrem'ely rare. Sir Andrew Halliday was Inspector- 

 General of Army hospitals and spent a good deal of 

 his time from 1832-7 in the West Indies, particularly 

 Barbados, Demerara and Trinidad. Sir Charles 

 Lucas was, as every Colonial officer knows, till re- 

 cently, permanent Under Secretary for the Colonies 

 and whose position in that office has enabled him to 

 write with authority, being acquainted, as he was, 

 with many events not known to the general public. 

 His work is comprised in two handy volumes — only 

 one of which, Vol. 2, is to be found in our Public 

 Library. Every civil servant will be the better of 



