114 St. Vincent. 9 June 1871 Tuesday. The wind comes in today and I got a nice long letter from H. Allen who are well. In the morning I took a long ride to the north of the town. Passing the botanic garden and the road that leads to Government Town, the road zig-zags up the side of a ridge overlooking the Kensington Valley at the north. This ridge which is a prolongation of one from about Henderson's terminates abruptly at the sea in a hill on which is built Fort Charlotte. From the top of the ridge the view of the town and the country behind is very fine. Along the road are many Java plum trees, Syzigium jambolanum, which have sprung up from seeds of fruit gathered in the botanic garden. There are a great many trees in the garden, some of them are very old and must have been planted when the gardens were first planted. Proceed as far as an abandoned estate called Cowden Park, and then re-turned. We went to have started today for the forenoon in the schooner Keewatin, but Messrs J.V. Paton & Co. could not spare the vessel from dropping sugar as in consequence of the late disastrous weather she had been unable to go backward. Proceeded to Georgetown after lunch. The Administrator and Chief Colonial Surgeon were to have gone out at the last moment they were unable to