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us hope that at no distant date we may be able to write as 
was written of an American town under the same 01 ' ’ 
“Thousands of acres once nearly covered with water, sw py, 
and grown up and covered with reeds, brake, and T^lewood 
terspersed with knolls covered with sma . sees anc forth over 
the favourite haunts of reptiles and muskrats sending foith over 
the adjacent country a noisome and pestilential 'asrn^e 
become converted into dry land, rich pastures and meadows 
where vast herds of cattle may be seen cropping the rich 
luxuriant grasses.” 
T feel that I have treated the subject imperfectly but with 
r •/., , qnf l the short time at my disposal it could 
limited knowledge and the ^ j have SUC ceeded 
not be otherwise. P g ’ fc in the health conditions of your 
in stimulating ; y - n which you ii ve . Our aim should always 
be toltuln to that ideal of civism-a healthy citizen in a healthy 
city. . 
a f ihe reouest of the Chairman Mr. Guppy opened the dis- 
KTr«““-8^" BS the, coaid ». cry il out without 
money to do it with. 
. „ t. i Lari nrefaced his interesting 
Dr. Lovell observed Hr. Pradah d^P ■ Dr de Wolf 
address with a regret he had to bgenc ^ f IO m the Colony, 
now through ill-health on leave > the papers as he un- 
But when Dr. de Wolf came to read ^ agre e that he had 
doubtedly would Dr. P rad as addr an d that Dr. Prada 
had a most able representative ( PI { afactory manner. For 
had discharged his duty in » address on such an impor- 
himself he had seldom listened to^n c ^ ab ly delivered. 
tant subject with so much er .Me number of subjects 
Dr. Prada had touched upon a “ idel . ing the necessarily limited 
very successfully, particu ary - ' var ied number <> F’ 1 ” * 
time at his disposal, and ^ 1 “t here in Trinidad. D.Prada 
of the greatest interest to th - P P d exhaustively, 
had dealt with the Util® inclined to contest 
(the speaker) were^ne or two pomts^h 
any of his arguments. t perhaps as m< ) influence 
that though not so imp • ^ t0 so nie e *^ ent fi . was the 
had mentioned, appeared Trinidad. The pr0 vide 
the health of their ho™e s m abo ve the grnond to pi ^ 
necessity of raising ® underneath and keep ' . p 0rt _ o f-Spain 
for the circulation o ai people coining ■ the 
there was the question of tiees. ^ {he to wn looked 
were invariably astoni 
