All along this coast strip of Venezuela are plantations generally covered with cocoa trees.
Northern ships carried slaves to the Southern colonies and the produce of the plantations to Europe.
From Williams Ferry, across the Shanedore, over the Blue Mountains, through Ashby's Gap, and so south-east by south from there, till we found the President at the back of his own plantations.
He would forget all about school hours, roam about the gardens and plantations, get into long conversations with the workmen, and eventually, when he found that he was somewhat too casual to please his employer, he enjoined us to "look him up" and let him know when it was school-time.