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the colony to which what I have described applies ; 

 there are many others to which it equally applies, as 



for instance phenomenal Caura, Maracas, Toco and 

 the whole of the north coast and other hilly districts, 

 but I have specially chosen Moka as being the most 

 accessible to visitors coming to the colony. 



I have said elsewhere that I am unable to say 

 much about Tobago ; I, of course, mean in compari- 

 son with Trinidad, because my visits to Tobago have 

 only been casual whereas Trinidad has been my 

 home. I have, however, frequently travelled over 

 its roads and round its coast which contains some 

 magnificent bays forming ideal spots for either a 

 colonial residence or a site for health resorts. In my 

 early days the roads were merely steep bridle tracks ; 

 now many of them have been converted into good 

 carriage roads. 



It was formerly, like the Trinidad of Then, solely 

 sugar producing and like the Trinidad of Now it has 

 extensive cocoa, cotton and rubber cultivation and its 

 improvement in cocoa cultivation alone is something 

 wonderful. I hope that giving prominence to the 

 names of some of the gentlemen concerned in de- 

 veloping Tobago will not be distasteful to them. 



I select a few of the most prominent with whom 

 I am casually acquainted as follows : — Mr. R. B. 

 Archibald, Mr. H. R. Hamilton, Mr. Thornton, Mr. 

 Robert Reid, Mr. Tucker, Messrs. Turpin, Mr. Orde, 

 (Rubber Syndicate) Sir W. Ingram, Major Walker, 

 Captain Short, and many others, all of whom by their 



