I wonder if it's a Spanish cruiser ?" "It is heading for Trinidad, whatever it is," remarked "Hay." "Do you see that sloping hill just ahead?
It marks the entrance to the little port of Trinidad.

If I am not mistaken we'll find a gunboat or two in the harbor." [Illustration: "THE FUSILLADE WAS LIVELY"] "Hay" proved to be a prophet.
An hour later, on rounding a point of land, we came upon a small, armed launch steaming about near an old-time roofed-in gunboat which was riding at anchor in the harbor.

As soon as we hove in sight the gunboat and launch opened fire.

It was at long range, however, and the projectiles merely stirred up the water a mile away.
As the "Yankee's" guns replied, a two-masted steamer made her appearance from within the harbor and vanished behind the keys.

The fusillade was lively, we firing fully one hundred rounds, but there was little damage done.