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St Vincent.
9 June, 1891. Leave, so the party dwindled down to St Aubyn & I,
but Jack Hozell & Reeve promise to meet us at Mustique
an island belonging to the Hozells on Saturday so that we
can spend Sunday & part of Monday on the island. In
the afternoon we made preparation for the trip, a schooner
having been got from the firm of Hozells.
10 June, 1891. Wednesday. This morning at breakfast St Aubyn & I
invite Alan Delample to accompany us, and he at
once accepts on invitation so man a party of three.
Mr Labade, the Chief of Police, puts aboard some new
police muskams four, and he sends also a saluting
gun, two rifles, ammunition and the blue ensign with
the St Vincent arms. St Aubyn also carries always Cepend
and a Constable of the Vice Force. I take a servant boy,
and the Company charter another recommended by the
Hozells. We have 2 cut pipes and plenty to eat & drink.
So we are likely to be comfortable on board the schooner 'Wasp'.
We might anchor at 11 am, run up our flag, fire a gun
and we off to the Grenadines.
Our first place put is the island of Bequia, which,
after Carriacou, is the largest of the Grenadines. Bequia
lies within ten miles of St Vincent, and it is plainly
seen from the South part of that island. As we said