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starts with that tired feeling, but I wasn't much [[strikethrough]] disturbed [[/strikethrough]] perturbed. 

As this day was uneventful, I might as well fill up the space with several pieces of information which I have no other place to put. First of all - the matter of licenses. A dog license here costs as much as an automobile license in the U.S., and they pay $33 a year for automobile licenses. Gasoline has a tax of 20 cents per Imperial gallon. This makes gasoline as expensive here as in other places, even tho' some of the largest British refineries are located on this island. All autos carry two identifications. One a large tag like any U.S. license, and this is kept for the life of the car; the other a small enamel piece which is changed every year when the fee is paid.
We do not use mosquito nets here in Port of Spain, as they say they do not have any mosquitoes to contend with. This is relatively true, and it is rather rare to see one in the house. They seem to have a pretty good method of control. However, the commonest kinds found here are the ones which carry yellow fever and malaria. 
The policemen here are just as dignified as the Jamaicans, and when a black man is 

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dignified, he is very much so. 
One thing which has rather interested me - and which I wish I could know more about - is the conglomeration of races here in Trinidad - to say nothing of nationalities. As I see them on the street they are: 
[[underlined]] Chinese [[/underlined]] - Who run grocery stores, one fairly large paper shop, laundries, and photo studios. Many of the girls are very nice looking - and they dress with a great deal of taste and sense of fashion. 
[[underlined]] East Indies [[/underlined]] - I have seen men who were beggars, and men who looked like swamis, dressed in the same type of garment. The loose-fitting shirt and draped piece of cloth which forms a baggy trouser, topped with a turban. The men who run the shops are usually dressed as Europeans, altho' once in a while one can pick out a Muselman by his fez. The women of the poorer types wear the scarf draped over their heads, and many of them have nose buttons of gold and precious stones. 
[[underlined]] Portuguese Jews [[/underlined]] - I had been at a loss to place these people of Portuguese name and Jewish habits until the combination of terms was suggested to me. Such names as Da Costa, Le Lima, Salva-