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god-mother, hearing the incident, was so pleased with 

 it that she soon came over to see me and congratulated 

 me on my attention to religious instruction ; and, on 

 leaving, gave me a half sovereign. We were again in 

 funds ! Poor lady, had she but known the motive 

 for being so attentive it is very probable that I would 

 not have got her generous tip. 



The other illustration which I will give occurred 

 the year after my arrival in Trinidad. I will make 

 the details very short. I was a witness in a case in 

 which the importance of my evidence played the chief 

 part. Before going into the witness box I spoke to 

 the Attorney-General — Mr. (afterwards Sir Henry) 

 Ludlow — and said, " Let me give my evidence with- 

 out, as is usual, asking me questions, as I can always 

 tell what I have to say better in this way. To this he 

 willingly agreed. 



I entered the witness box, and proceeded to 

 give my evidence slowly, watching the pen of the 

 Chief Justice, Sir Joseph Needham, so as not to 

 outrun him. I saw the Attorney-General follow 

 the copy of my evidence as written on his brief, 

 and when, having finished, I came down from the 

 witness-box, addressing me he said, " When did 

 you read the notes of your depositions ? " I re- 

 plied " I never keep notes of my depositions, I can 

 always carry them in my head where they cannot be 

 seen or read." " I can see," replied Ludlow " the 

 covering is pretty thick ; — (he evidently did not 

 refer to my hair which even then was not thick) — but, 

 joking apart, it is extraordinary ! Do you know you 



