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" in the elective part of the legislature (p. 165)." Over- 
anxious to put a sting into the tail of his statement, Mr. 
FROUDE does not see that he is at the same time reflect- 
ing upon the Executive of the Island. Dr. NlCHOLLS 
should have sat in the Council as a Government nominee. 
It should not have been necessary for him to seek a seat 
as an elective member. As it was, he failed to secure 
in the Legislature his election, not because he was a man 
of superior attainments, but because he was a Government 
Officer receiving a superior salary. The electors knew what 
they were about. A Government Officer who serves in 
a Legislature as an elective member, is expected to vote 
with the Government. Should he fail to do so, he would 
promptly be informed that his serving in a Legislative 
capacity was incompatible with the efficient discharge of 
his official duties. Should he demur, he would be told that 
he must resign his appointment if not his seat. This is 
all right and proper, but, surely, there is no ground for 
reflection upon the electors of Dominica, because, know- 
ing ' the hang of things,' they should have preferred a 
representative who was not in the service of the Govern- 
ment. The main fact remains, however, that, not- 
withstanding all Mr. Froude's jeremiads over the 
existence of the eledtive principle in Dominica, 
an English gentleman who goes the right way to work, 
can do very well for himself there. 
A few pages earlier in his Book, Mr. FROUDE had 
himself been moralising upon the short-sightedness of 
young Englishmen who might seek their fortunes in 
Dominica, but did not do so. He says there : — 
" Here was all the profusion of nature, lavish beyond 
" all example, and the enterprising youth of England 
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