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At Last
Charles Kingsley
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On the 16th they were struggling with currents of the Bocas, piloted by a Mandingo Negro, Alfred Sharper, who died in 1836, 105 years of age. The line-of-battle ships anchored in the magnificent land-locked harbour of Chaguaramas, just inside the Boca de Monos. The frigates and transports went up within five miles of Port of Spain.
Poor Chacon had, to oppose this great armament, 5000 Spanish troops, 300 of them just recovering from yellow fever; a few old Spanish militia, who loved the English better than the French; and what Republican volunteers he could get together. They of course clamoured for arms, and demanded to be led against the enemy, as to this day; forgetting, as to this. . . Read More
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While this book can be quite tedious to get through, for the natural history person, it presents an excellent portrait of the land in the late 1800s. One can visualise what Aripo savannas looked like then, the pristine nature of the Nariva swamp, and mentions of other locales in Trinidad and the Wes
Obscure Victorian travel narrative set in the West Indies, mainly the island of Trinidad, by the eminent Charles Kingsley. A bit repetitive and long winded at times and full of standard 19th century racism. Still, it's an illuminating depiction of how the British viewed the people and lands of the I