Y1 
PEEFxiCE. 
detail has been made, so is he conscious tliat neither 
will be found in the succeeding sheets. INIatters spoken 
of have been treated in a common-sense, every-day 
manner, and it is hojied that the book will prove neither 
uninteresting nor unprofitable. 
Some few years ago. Dr. Devertueil, an M.D. of Paris, 
and a native of Trinidad, wrote a book on Trinidad. 
To him I cordially confess my indebtedness for several 
facts, and a few sentences. 
San Fernando, Trinidad, 
February, 1865. 
