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St. Lucia,
Arrived in Castries I found
that I could get passage to St. Vin-
cent the following night on the little
sloop "Pen Nevis", bound for Grena-
da with coal. Since this would
at my destination
expedite my arrival more than
a week over going to Barbados and
taking the Royal Mail steamer thence
to Kingstown, St. Vincent, I speedily
got my needful baggage and out.
fit off the "Grenada" and bade fare-
well to the newly formed acquaint-
ances of the trip from Fort de France.
The evening in Castries passed
quietly in the company of old
friends, made or previous visits en-
courte to and from St. Vincent, and
the following day was fully occupied
with writing letters, walking about
town and completing arrange.