The Wanderers; or Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and up the
Orinoco, by W.H.G. Kingston.
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For political reasons the Macnamara family are forced to leave their old
home in Pennsylvania, and elect to resettle in Trinidad. A big mistake
because it is being administered by a bigoted Spanish religious
government. The mother dies and is buried, but two Roman Catholic
priests arrive with the intention of carrying out the funeral under
their rites. So once again the family are displaced, this time for
religious reasons. They escape to South America, and make their way
into the Orinoco river. There follow innumerable adventures and near
shaves of various kinds. But it was a mistake again, because the
Spanish are administering the territory, and wish to root out anyone who
has no business to be there.
On escaping all this they hear that a new administration in Trinidad has
abolished the malpractices of the Spanish priestly regime, and they are
welcome to return.
They sell the Trinidad plantation at a profit, and return to England,
though always hankering after their original settlement in Pennsylvania.
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THE WANDERERS; OR ADVENTURES IN THE WILDS OF TRINIDAD AND UP THE
ORINOCO, BY W.H.G. KINGSTON.