Henry Alfred Alford Nicholls diary
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10 9 May 1891. Grenada. A fine macadamised road and it passes by the Grand Crag, a circular lake in the centre of the island nearly 200 feet above the sea. We then turned back, passed through long valleys called Vine Grove, all the towns of which looked new with their bright paint, and then round on to the hills through rather an dry district & came out into the lee and road about 4 miles to the north of the town. We then broke into a pull up and down like the wind up and down hill over many things. We saw both well mounted sand I felt extremely exhausted. Then we had such a slow army gallop for along time. When we got to the confines of the town, instead of passing through the streets, we turned up a valley and found through some flat land destroyed for a park in honour of the Queen's jubilee. And little or nothing has been done to create a park, and the coarse part of the land is full of land crabs holes. Cricket is played at the upper part of the land when the crabs do not honey cross the ground. After a while we struck aside and rode up a crooked path and came out at the back of Gov House. After tea return, I felt and drove along another 'join' in my bed room in dark hills. The dressing 11 9 May 1891 Grenada. room opens up by a door into my bed room & the dining room open and we have a chat whilst dressing. 10th May, 1891. Sunday. We went to the Anglican Church in the morning. The carriage being rather tightly packed. Then had Sir Austin St John the Bishop, Rt Revd, Dr Christopher, Lippin the Dean &c. The Church is a fine old building for the service we dwelled though by an ancient person, and a dark coloured curate. The singing was not good, and the printing of the chants and psalms terrible. The sermon was long and I did not listen to it. The clergyman who was acting for Archdeacon Hutton, the Rector of the parish, has a pension from the Vicarage East. His name was Cornwall he was formerly stationed in the little island of Bequia to the South of Grenada. In the afternoon 10 to 5 I sat down at Government House, and listened to dinner. Before dinner, however, we had a walk all around the grounds of Govt Hse, and found Sir Walter once again in love pruning his trees. 11th May 1891 Monday. The view from my bed room window is magnificent. The land me looking Grand the West.