Le ge nds of the Bocas T rinid a d A . D . RUSSELL n d First Puis e Judge, Trinid a and Tobago An I r r nt oduc tion by Sir John Chanc ello , K. C. M . G - - Governor and Comm and e r in Chie f of th at Colony, 1 9 1 6- 1 92 1 L OND ON CEC IL PAL MER W C OAKL EY H U E Y TRE T . 1 O S , BL OOMSBUR S E , . F I R S T ED IT ION 1 9 z 2 C O P Y R I G H T P rinte d in Gr e a t B rita in R S E Mar h a ls e a oa d Lon n . I KE I ER o L . d b . L H C td 1 1 s o . y J . J , , , , AUTHOR ’ S PREFACE HESE n s n — na m a sa r a lege d , i spired y, it y be id c e ted b s n s th t and y the ce e to which ey rela e, with little oral, less written or printed tradition to a ccount for the marv els n a n n s XXI are h they co t i (except Lege d XVII to , which is torical a n at n a s n ) , c me to their recipie t i terv l duri g the course ’ of fif tee n years residence in what is und oubte d l one of the ' s ti s an s in . S suc as M an mo t beau ful i l d the world ome, " " Grosd e nt L os otorros P t and , C , The resby er the Pitch " ' Me n a i s s as D n , c me to him n mirth . Other uch ue des ” ” " v s L a D na as a Mead, The Three Ca e , ivi P tor , A ” M n n k s n a in s . i or i g Vi io , c me to him orrow All al e, however, a s s no a c me of them elve , with little or drudgery of liter ry s n en us ci is an compo itio . To the g i lo , therefore, due merit m a s s e a they y posse s . For their demerit , which doubt ss re n s d i i umerou , the e fic e ncie s of the med um ought to be remem No sum d i nas a n n bered . n g , though the deity h ve e tered . Whe , ns a va tes sa cer s s s i te d of a dry lawyer, some true vi it these hores, as ss h a e nt or ( will doubtle pen, though the Ser forgot to n n it one s n s s n s a s n me tio ) , pri g rom the oil, the h l be ee the fulness of the inspira tion of Trinidad woods and ca ves and a a s n i as D . w terf ll , a d the amaz ng Boc del rago " s s and The identities of Scribbler, who wrote the ver e , ” n s m a s of Ig otu , who edited them, y afely be left to the a na n im gi tio of the reader . P t S in or of pa , th Ma 1 2 9 rch, 922 . E CONT NTS . PAGE I D DIC IO TO LD . E AT N A CHI . 0 0 0 0 0 ' RP T PROPHECY II . T HE SE EN S 0 0 0 0 0 0 ' I MARY S BAY AND THE N OM O III . SA NT PHA T B AT 0 0 ' M A T U I L GE D OF N GROSDENT . IV . HE A THENT C E N ’ OF L S L V . T HE MAN E D s FIR T TA E 0 0 0 0 ' A AY 0 VI . CORS IR S B 0 0 0 0 H M VII . B OCA C I ES 0 0 0 0 0 0 THE AVES 0 0 0 0 VIII . THREE C 0 0 SIE RA D E D I B LO 0 IX . L A R L A 0 0 0 IN ARIE DE TETERON 0 0 0 X . SA TE M 0 ORNING VISI 0 0 0 XI . A M ON 0 0 0 s OTOR OS 0 0 0 XII . L o C R 0 XIII. THE SOUCOUYEN or SOB OR 0 0 0 0 HE SBY AND THE I C -MEN XIV. T PRE TER P T H ' PAOUA s BAY XV . 0 0 0 0 ' M AD D E D ES 0 XVI . U N E 0 0 0 Cmsr oBAL OL ON 0 0 0 0 XVII . C ' RAL GH C M G 0 0 XVIII . EI S O IN S 0 0 0 0 IX M N FOR Aponoc u 0 0 0 X . LA E T 0 NELS AND VIL L N UV 0 0 0 0 XX . ON E E E ’ XI r on s D R AM 0 0 0 0 0 X . c E ’ T HE MAN or ELD s C D L XXII . SE ON TA E 0 0 ’ B LACKB ARD ONG 0 0 0 0 0 XXIII . E S S I 0 0 0 XXIV . BRIGAND H LL 0 0 L A D IVI S O 0 0 0 0 XXV . NA PA T RA 0 ' RCEDES MESSAG 0 0 0 0 0 XXVI. ME E 0 MPAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 XXVII . CO ISONS 0 XXVIIIA WRAITH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I BOC oss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 XX X . A A R EPILOGUE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 v ii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . STATUE OF COLUMBUS facin g page 4 COPPER HOLE 8 FIRST BOCA— SIERRA DEL D IAB L O ' T ETERON S Toom ’ HART s CUT GOFFER ' ' CORSAIR S BAY (WINN S BAY) SECOND BOCA TETERON BAY ENNEGAN L , IN THE FIVE ISLAND S MARACAS (a) Pn' c 11 LAKE (b) PITCH LAKE L A IN BAY C C C T TA , CHA A HA ARE ’ A CACIQUE S GRAVE T HE ROAD TO EL D om o A MOUNTAIN BROOK WHERE TEACH L ANDED HIGH Woons ix D INTRO UCT ION . E n s n Mr s ss I HAV bee reque ted by my frie d . Ju tice Ru ell to write an introduction to h is v olume Legends of the B " ocas . a no ualifications a as a Though I h ve q for such t k, I h ve n a n a s h as as o and a s u dert ke it bec u e he ked me to do s , bec u e I ta lge a v ery great interest in everything connected with a Trinid d . Those who ha ve never visited the tropics cannot visualise the physical beauties of Trinidad with its valleys and clear nn n s a s its n a n an s a s ru i g tre m , with mou t i r ge cl d to their highe t pea ks with luxuriant vegetation and lit by a vertical sun whose fie rc e a s are a s r y tempered by the humidity of the tmo phere . n a an s n n a To the i h bit t of cold grey orther l nds, the climate is n a n s a e erv ti g ; but to tho e who from youth h ve lived there, n a is a a n i a n n Tri id d s cou try where it s ever fter oo . It is a mis ta ke to believe that the inhabitants of the tropics do not work hard ; but it is true that there is no part of the n s is o s and so a a as in world where idle e s s ea y gree ble the tropics . Few of those who ha ve lived long in them can be ignorant of the temptation to lead a life of dreamy idleness under those ’ n s . In asan s an n a an sun y s kie the ple t i l d of Tri id d, C dide s maxim il fa ut cultiver notre ja rd in does not apply ; for a scratch will make its fertile soil yield all that is necessary a m an s an s for of imple w t . An English visitor recently addressing a Trinidadian t e a s sa ! a are n posing by the ro d ide, id to him Wh t you doi g " ass n s s 5 No was there, p i g the time, I uppo e , the reply, am n ass . is not a s No, I letti g the time p me But it bec u e a a is n a a no so f ar as am a a h as th t ttitude ge er l th t one, I w re, o n a n s n a up to n w made a collectio of the loc l lege d of Tri id d . It is because the energies of those who are qualifie d to write r in n s s s an them a e fully occupied developi g the re ource of the I l d , on a a ns n n s of which nearly e h lf still rem i u der virgi fore t .