Henry Alfred Alford Nicholls diary
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St Vincent. 18 June, 1891 a W from the manager of Richmond Estate who had kindly has been brought down to the beach for us. Mr. From is a gentle old Scotchman and he and I soon became fast friends. Before proceeding on our journey from the farm club and the servants of police and told them to have as many your patients put into the cart they could in order that I might see the wretched people away return. Mr. From gave me 'Ros' a fine animal which he said would carry me well. And 'Ros' certainly did his duty nobly, and I am quite delighted with my mount. We rode out to Richmond Estate first and by the side of the road I saw whole she some months ago a magnificent collection of barn stone implements had been dug up. Most of your patients had been collected at the wake and I dismounted and examined them. There were twenty, and a few cases of ulcers of the leg produced by the irritation of the 'Tatter worm'. While I was examining one case of ulceration McDonald rode up and then quickly rode away a fell off his horse in a faint. He broke into a cold perspiration, his pulse became almost imperceptible and I got rather alarmed at the syncope. However he came to after a time and told me that he positively fainted when he saw anything of the kind.