24 Canada 15 May, 1891. He reaches Springbank at about 5 p.m., and was welcomed by Mr Alexander. The house is a very nice, commodious one, and the grounds about are very pretty. Behind the house is a tennis lawn, and once a week then is a tennis party at Springbank. My bedroom is a nice cool one, and it looks out on the tennis lawn. Mr Alexander is very pleasant, and Ellis A. is a charming young lady. On the dinner table, the centre piece was a magnificent silver cup, which for the Gournis Cup won several years ago at the Barbados races by one of Mr. Alexander's horses. He used proudly to go in for horse racing, but he has now given it up. He still has some fine fellows in his stable. After dinner Ellis A. played fours, and then recited. Her rendering of the 'Inchcape Rock' was really excellent, and I told her truthfully that she had the rare gift of winning an audience. In the afternoon I took a walk through the plantation which is only 17 acres and yet contains about 700 or 800 cocoa trees. A better when than from most estates. On a general average from 4 to 5 bags in all that can be expected. After I had long talk about cacao cultivation. He prunes his trees judiciously and does not chop off his branches, so as to throw back on vigorous growth. He also forks up between the trees, and applies manure, the result being that his trees look healthy and