Henry Alfred Alford Nicholls diary
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22 15 May, 1891. Grenada has cultivated tobacco for some time, and that [illegible] is very good. We reached the town of Sans Pareil at 10 a.m. The two churches were there side by side on a hill overlooking the lower town. The R.C. Church was close by the Morn Sans Pareil so called from the fact that, during the Civil war, the [illegible] were drawn to the edge of this high cliff and many leaped over and were dashed to pieces on the rocks too far a mile below. We rested for a time in the Civic Court House, and learnt from the Captain of Police that the telephonic message had gone out to Mr. Alexander. Afterwards we went to the school house, and were much pleased with the bright and healthy look of the children. The schoolmaster asked us to examine the children, and before gave them some things to read. A class was formed half of boys and half of girls, and all read fairly well the girls, however, beating the boys. After the reading I examined them on the meaning of the words they pronounced so glibly, and found that they had written dictionaries of many of the words. 'Thrift' which occurred in one of the passages read, was described to be as 'to go quickly' by one child, and as part of a ship by another. I then gave the children a short address on thrift and spoke in a simple way so as bringing home to them the