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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
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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.