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nected with Trinidad. Mr. Lovesy, a former Stipen- 

 diary Justice of the Peace of Port-of -Spain, but then 

 Judge of the Supreme Court of British Guiana. 

 Captain the Honourable John Bell-Smyth, a pompous, 

 good-natured Irishman, and member of the Legisla- 

 tive Council of the colony and also co-partner in the 

 then prominent firm of Ambard & Son. Mr. Paul 

 Giuseppi, already alluded to, at that time owner of 

 Valsayn and New Works sugar plantations (now own- 

 ed by the Trinidad Government and converted into a 

 horse, mule and cattle-breeding farm, and lately into 

 an agricultural experiment station.) Captain Jack- 

 son, private secretary to Mr. (afterwards Sir) Henry 

 Irving (not the celebrated actor) but recently ap- 

 pointed Governor of Trinidad through the resignation 

 of Mr. Cairns — soon to take up the reins of govern- 

 ment. And let me here pause to say the best governor 

 Trinidad ever had in my day : I make no exception. 

 (Captain Jackson afterwards became governor of 

 Trinidad, under the title of Sir Henry Moore Jack- 

 son. His administration was too short to prove his 

 worth, although he gave good promise, but unfortu- 

 nately he was cut off by death before he had time to 

 do more than outline his future policy.) Dr. Knox, 

 who had just completed his medical studies, and the 

 Rev. W. Williams, Baptist Missionary in charge of the 

 mission in the southern portion of the island. I men- 

 tion all these for wdth the exception of Dr. Knox, 

 they played a more or less prominent part in my life 

 in Trinidad. 



