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St Vincent.
6 June, 1891.
Whilst the D^r & I ride to Macey, a place or bridge at the back of Adelphe, tree Mr Grant whose late husband had a fine collection of Carib stone implements. We are welcomed by Mrs Grant and her two daughters, but I am disappointed about the implements as it now appears that Mr Grant has sold them all.
I was surprised to find one of the little daughters of the Rev Dr Taupin at Macey, and it turns out that Mrs Taupin is a Miss Grant, so we had along talk of Tobago and the Tobagoneans. The younger Miss Grant is going on to the picnic and she rides down with us.
The road is a villainous one, and very steep. But we get to Adelphe at last and am introduced to Mrs Sharpgrass, she is a sprightly little lady and she makes herself very pleasant. Nobody is perspicuous in new clothes, but he don't this by his wife's advice. The Jambou river is still in flood but we get across without mishap, and Mitchell welcomes us to Appleton his broad Scotch accent. After several liquid refreshments cricket is played, and a young fellow named Dommet, a son of the Colonial Engineer, as us splendid bat. He drew the ball enormous distances. After whiles also came from Grenada to play the St Vincent people, and
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6 June 1891
Dommet beat the Grenadians off his own bat. Owing to the rainy weather a number of the members of the Carib Country Cricket Club 'ave about, and some of the negro labourers was pressed into the service, to make up an eleven. One or two of them played remarkably well. There was a curio, one black and blacks playing together and all the Carib labourers in their bright garments were looking on, and thus added an Oriental element to the scene. After a time I left the field and went into the gallery of the town to join the ladies. The cricketers came in later on and strongly wanted to know why I had left the field. I said I'd come to enjoy the scenery of the district. Looking hard at his wife, she said, 'beauty is a matter of individual opinion, but as for youth I don't know when you will find it here'. Mr Sharpgrass playfully hit at him with his fan and called him a 'horror' much to the amusement of all.
Mitchell had a grand speech for dinner and we had very merry meal, Mrs Taupin's conversation of wit and by play with his wife being very amusing. In the evening musicians came in, and we had