CHAPTER XII. 



CASUAL WANDERINGS, No. 2. 



It is not the intention of the writer of these 

 sketches to attempt to describe all the beauty spots 

 and interesting places to be seen an Trinidad. The 

 two selected form an interesting portion of the Trini- 

 dad of Then and by bringing them under special 

 notice form a great contrast of the places mentioned 

 with the Trinidad of Now. The one here described 

 is not so accessible to the tourist as cc Casual Wan- 

 dering No. 1." But the greater part of it can 

 easily be seen in a few hours in one of four ways ; 

 either by walking, riding, motoring or by ordinary 

 carriage ; the other part would have to be done on 

 horseback and is a day's journey ; but, to my mind, 

 it is, from a historical point of view, the more in- 

 teresting. 



In the sketch of our last wanderings, we finished 

 by describing the sunset to be seen after a rainy eve- 

 ning floating over the Boca and the high mountains 

 of Venezuela. 



We will now take our way up to the Maraval 

 valley and thence over the " Saddle 99 and wander to 

 such places as our fancy may dictate. The valley of 

 Maraval has become somewhat monotonous to those 



