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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