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There is not much to be seen in Moruga but the 

 neighbourhood is progressing and prospering by 

 leaps and bounds and forms one of the greatest con- 

 trasts with the Trinidad of Then and the Trinidad of 

 Now. From here a good road will take us to Princes- 

 town motoring in an hour, driving in about two and 

 a half, and riding in about four ; in my early days I 

 could not do it in less than eight hours, and I was 

 fortunate if I could do it even in that time. 



Leaving Moruga, if late in the evening, we do 

 not see much, but if in the day time we run close to an 

 interesting coast along which important cultivations 

 are springing up, and near to a mud volcano that 

 bursting into action a few years ago covered acres of 

 land with flowing mud. A few places of call have 

 been established of late, but as the amount of cargo 

 shipped there is not very great there will not be time 

 to land and see any of the country. The next place 

 of importance and one which is so frequently spoken 

 of is the so-called Trinity hills, said to have been seen 

 by Columbus on Trinity Sunday, and from these three 

 hills and it being Trinity Sunday he called the place 

 " La Trinidad ? " At least one of these statements 

 cannot be correct because the 31st of July 1498 was a 

 Wednesday ; for a further reference to this incident 

 see Chapter II, page 33. 



We next come to Guayaguayare, of which more 

 will be said in the chapter on " Oil Fields," this 

 practically being the place where this new in- 

 dustry was first started. The bay of Guayaguayare 

 is very imposing, it is nearly two miles in depth, but, 



