Henry Alfred Alford Nicholls diary
Page 87
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by Harvard University Botany Libraries. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
125- 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