Henry Alfred Alford Nicholls diary
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Grenada 11 May, 1891 take in nearly the whole of the Carriago - as the harbor is called. The mtn. Carriago is an open bay but with fair anchorage, and a narrow channel leads to the inner carriago which is a fair large land-locked bay; away to the south is another large basin called the Cayron or coral [illegible] prevent the entry of ships aboard. From my windows this Cayron looks like a magnificent lake, and the whole scene is one of the finest sights in the tropics. In the morning I work at your business, but being half an hour ago, I believe I would stop writing to have a smoke and chat. My writing table is in an ugly evil place, and altogether I am very comfortable. Seipnet, who is staying at the hotel, comes up every morning in order that I may set him to work to give him instructions. In the afternoon the Grenada, Hunter T.J. into the Court House to elect an lawyer Mr. Murray of Trinidad on the fruit trade. Mr. M. gave a fairly good address, but he knew nothing of the culti- tivation and very properly he confined his attention to the commercial part of the question. He makes a few mistakes however, and in a short speech I print-