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physical organization for tropical labour. The negro 

 in his primitive state is not, I think, fitted for the for- 

 mer ; and the European white creole is certainly not 

 fitted for the latter." 



He further touches on matters that I have not 

 ventured to approach ; I advise any of my readers 

 who may feel inclined to know more of his views on 

 this and other points, closely allied with it, to read 

 chapters 5 and 6 from pages 73 to 100 of his work 

 and they will find an interesting subject dealt with 

 in a manner beyond my efforts. One difference 

 being that he wrote of Jamaica in 1859, I write of 

 Trinidad from 1874 to 1912. But in both the careful 

 reader will, I hope, find indications of footprints 

 deeply imbedded in the sands of time which will 

 never be eradicated. A good deal of what Trollope 

 prophesied in 1859 has become true ; let us hope that 

 more of it will be fulfilled, as time rolls on. 



An important question in this respect not 

 touched upon by Trollope, is one which must strike 

 any person who takes a friendly and intelligent in- 

 terest in the constitution of the creole mixed races as 

 apart from the original stock of either white or black. 

 Will they be able, in the future, to stand prosperity 

 in the creditable manner in which they have in the 

 past stood adversity ? 



That they have stood adversity with heroic for- 

 titude is well known to every reader of history ; but 

 the time has not yet come when the question of how 

 they will stand prosperity can be answered, that is a 

 mystery which still " lies hidden in the lap of 



