106 St Vincent 5 June, 1891 a few miles with him and then go up the Mariagua Valley to see after some people there and at the village of Mero potamie. Dr Austin starts at 11 am and Lordgwen joins us. Just as we get to Penuran Valley police station the rain comes down again, but we have to go into the station or Dr Austin is summoned to give evidence in a case before the Magistrate at Lynch. W Lynch is a Dominican and he lives to the south of Kingstown, he was invited to dine with us at Stander Hotel but he refused, and so I did not meet him. We passed some time at the station and as W Lynch did not turn up, we were more jolly. Maurice Austin had gone on when the rain came down, for he was advised to push on lest the Yambree river become too swollen for him to ford. We did not leave the river at the lower ford by Apple but struck along road mine to the south, and leaving the coast side of the quite Mariagua valley. The road lay frequently along the south side of the valley and the river now dashing along its rocky bed showered for a mile below. The scenery was splendid, grand, and the vegetation was luxuriant and essentially tropical. In fact the scene put us very much in mind of Dominica. After a while we came to an upper reach 107 St Vincent. 5 June, 1891. of the river, and crossed to the south side and pro- ceded up the valley. Cacao and nutmegs were planted in places, and the soil and climate was evidently well suited to them. The river windings were frequent, and we had to cross the stream in several places. Some of the ford, as for instance the one just below the village of Mero potamie, was deep as the river was swollen by the heavy rains. The village was always on, and the principal store a shop was one of some pretentions, we stopped here and had bread and cheese and beer, and I bought a capital pipe with a patent arrangement for catching the sweet wine. The stockpipe was away, but his wife hunted up some young coco, fame, and in a short time a number of children badly affected came trooping in for examination. We rode much further up the valley than Mero potamie, and visited the village of Everham where Dr Austin had a patient with an abscess of the liver. I saw the case with him in consultation, and advised that the man should be sent to the hospital in Kingstown. At Everham I got two capital Cast iron implements - battle axes, and after leaving along came running after us with another good one - the Shilling Buck I saw further