Henry Alfred Alford Nicholls diary
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St Vincent. 95- 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