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Urumi.
June 11, 1891 Thursday Dalrymple came aboard at 4.30 am and
we weighed anchor and started for Urumi—the southern-most of the St Vincent Grenadines. When we sailed past Rennie Island it was very rough as we were in for
the full sweep of the Atlantic. Rennie Island, lies to the west of Isle de A Decarie, and it gets its name from
the number of Rennie-Columba canaries found on
it in the season. Dalrymple, who had had no sleep
on account of toothache was very sea sick, and the
poor fellows face indicated utter misery. St Aubyn
and I were all right and we enjoyed the sail im-
mensely. We had a good stiff breeze and the old
schoner went along pretty well. We sailed past
Canouan, and Petit Canouan, leaving Mustique
away to the East, then we passed a small rock called
Culotie Island against which the surf broke in
high masses of white foam. Then we sailed past
Mayaro and ran along the passage between that
Island and Urumi. The scenery was magnificent.
Urumi with its five peaks stood out against the
dep blue backgrouns of Carriacou in the distance,
to the East of Mayaro were the pretty Tobago cays, and
right ahead were little St Vincent, little Tobago, and