I earnestly recommend all West Indians to ponder Mr.Keenan's weighty words on this matter; believing that, as they do so, even stronger reasons than he has given for establishing such an institution will suggest themselves to West Indian minds.
I am not aware, nor would the reader care much to know, what schools there may be in Port of Spain for Protestant young ladies.

I can only say that, to judge from the young ladies themselves, the schools must be excellent.

But one school in Port of Spain I am bound in honour, as a clergyman of the Church of England, not to pass by without earnest approval, namely, 'The Convent,' as it is usually called.

It was established in 1836, under the patronage of the Roman Catholic Bishop, the Right Rev.Dr.Macdonnel, and was founded by the ladies of St.Joseph, a religious Sisterhood which originated in France a few years since, for the special purpose of diffusing instruction through the colonies.

{297b} This institution, which Dr.De Verteuil says is 'unique in the West Indies,' besides keeping up two large girls' schools for poor children, gave in 1857 a higher education to 120 girls of the middle and upper classes, and the number has much increased since then.