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now stands. They remained in this unknown posi- 

 tion until a time came when it was again mooted to 

 fortify Trinidad ; a search was made, some old 

 records found which disclosed where they ought to 

 be, and after considerable trouble they were un- 

 earthed — or rather unbushed. An attempt, which 

 failed, made to re-fortify them by importing " big 

 guns, 7 ' which they were not able to get even so far as 

 the lowest platform on the left of Fort George road 

 so they remain in St. James Barrack yard a testimony 

 of the incompetence of another British Colonel. 



The fort at the top has long been converted into 

 a signalling station, and there the cannon still 

 remain ; but it is not the highest, there is one still 

 higher behind it which 66 commanded " the road up 

 to the valley of Diego Martin as far as the signalling 

 station on the top of the northern range called " the 

 North Post, ' ' both are used for the peaceful purpose 

 of notifying the mercantile community of the ap- 

 proach of the various crafts sailing towards the Bocas 

 in order to enter the harbour of Port-of-Spadn. 



From the vantage point of Fort George we can 

 see and describe a great many interesting things. 

 First cast our eyes over the valley of Diego Martin, 

 so named after one of Columbus' Captains, who 

 finally settled in this part of Trinidad. Standing on 

 this elevated spot, which commands the whole Gulf 

 of Paria, avail yourself of the opportunity afforded 

 of describing and sketching the enchanting panora- 

 mic view laid out before you as in an everchanging 

 dissolving view. This noble gulf, the northern part 



