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I had many long interviews with Mr. Lovesy, 

 then on his way to Demerara — the familiar name of 

 British Guiana — and obtained much useful informa- 

 tion and advice from him which was of great service 

 to me in my career in Trinidad. I afterwards learned 

 that he had been an able Police magistrate in Trini- 

 dad and a good friend to the police. I never met 

 him again, but in proof that he was appreciated by 

 the police, and that he equally appreciated them, I 

 will again refer to him and publish the address which 

 he made in reply to one which was presented 

 by them before he left the colony. I can vouch for 

 its accuracy, as it is from the original handed to me 

 by Mr. Lovesy, during one of his numerous friendly 

 chats with me on our voyage out. It has remained in 

 my possession for close upon 38 years. It is not 

 dated, but I believe it was written towards the end 

 of 1873. It will in due course speak for itself. 



Owing to the unpreparedness of the Nile for the 

 outward voyage, a much smaller vessel, the Tasmania 

 had to be substituted. The consequence was that 

 many second class cabins were handed over to first 

 class passengers. Amongst the second class passen- 

 gers were three married ladies, one accompanied by 

 her husband, the others going out to join their res- 

 pective husbands in one of the South American Re- 

 publics. These three ladies, in consequence of the 

 crowded state of the ship, had one cabin allotted to 

 them. One lady was a Russian, who, although she 

 could speak French, German, Spanish and, of course 

 her native language, had a very imperfect knowledge 



