in his favour might exist. To such an extent was 

 this done that the governor of the day (who also 

 came in for his share of mud-throwing,) taking no- 

 tice of it said : ' ' There must be a lot of good in this 

 man or he would not be so persistently abused by the 

 press, ' ' and the result was that from that time forth 

 the much abused official, who didn't care a jot for the 

 abuse, began to get on. 



I, in my day, have had my traducers also and had 

 mud thrown at me, but by keeping my eyes closed so 

 that none of it could enter them, I was still able to see 

 clearly ; but notwithstanding this, I also found many 

 friends in the people of Trinidad, and to them it gives 

 me pleasure to dedicate this book. In one of Sulli- 

 van's comic operas there is a saying ' ' A policeman's 

 life is not a happy one." I don't agree with it ; it is 

 a clean, fine, wholesome outdoor life, and if he does 

 his duty fearlessly, but withal kindly, he need fear no 

 man. 



Notwithstanding, however, that we may treat 

 with indifference the hostile remarks of our tradu- 

 cers, the good wishes of our friends may carry us 

 almost to paradise, and at is these good wishes that I 

 ask for the fair reception and success of this book. 



Before closing this dedication there is a num- 

 ber of men to whom I would be doing a grave injus- 

 tice did I not specially thank them one and all for 

 their courtesy and kindness towards me ; I allude to 

 the legal practitioners of the colony from the eminent 

 Q.C's. ; K.C's ; B.L's ; to the humblest solicitors 

 practising in the various courts of the colony. 



