CHAPTER VII. 



OUE OPEN-SPACES * 



In the previous chapter I mentioned that we 

 landed in Port-of-Spain after dark on the evening of 

 the 1st November, 1874. Here I drop my comrades, 

 except when they necessarily make their appearance 

 in connection with other events relating to Trinidad 

 Then and Now, and describe things coming within 

 my personal knowledge and observation ; not for a 

 moment meaning to imply that each in his own way 

 did not successfully play his part, but the exigencies 

 of the service necessitated our separation. 



The Police Head-Quarters and Police Court were 

 at that time situated in Frederick Street, in the block 

 of buildings the southern portion of which is now 

 occupied by the Telephone Company's Offices. On 

 the morning after our arrival I was introduced to 

 him who then ruled the destinies of the Police Force. 

 Let me here render him this meed by saying, that he 

 was by far the cleverest man under whom I have 

 served in Trinidad ; and with proper training, and 

 other important qualifications necessary to police- 



* This chapter was written in April 1912, and was in type in 

 May. The Port-of-Spain Gazette, by a strange coincidence, in their 

 issue of the 23rd June, 1912 — which shows that it is possible for 

 two people to think alike — writes of Brunswick Square in a similar 

 strain. 



