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St Vincent.
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3 June, 1891. Built a cross the road in moss-sunk, below the spars at
the edge. On a high stone wall, and below this again
is a steep declivity leading to the south in sea at the
bottom. This place is called Bloody Bridge, once not
its being the scene of one of the many sanguinary
[illegible] conflicts in the Civil War. We soon came to the pretty little
village of Oria, and on passing the church we found a
marriage of a Portuguese with a Canto girl was almost
take place. The marriage guests had walked in their
finery from Victoria Village – a new Canto settlement
in the heights of Sandy Bay – and they with the bride
and bridegroom were waiting about the porch for the
clergyman (American) who is a coloured man – he attended
the marriage, and wished the bride “free from joy” much to the pleasure full present.
We went to the manager’s house and there had lunch,
which the Hazel’s had sent on fresh; and, afterwards,
walked up the hill terminating the promontory, to enable
Son Moore to do his work, which consisted in examining
and valuing the ordnance property. For, in the days of
old, there was a small fort and garrison here. The powder
magazine is still well preserved, and old guns underlying
about. A nice little barn in good preservation, belonging to
the Grace of the estate was built on the top of the hill,
and the view from it was very fine, and it must be very