, 1888-04-07
Mr.. FROUDE On GRENADA.
(GrenGdG Chronicle, 3rd March,

dies. Since then we nave been afforded
an opportunity of glanclng through the
work, and are glad to De in a position to-
day to give a brief review of III IS. portions
of it which refer directly to this island;
leaving any remarks we may have to make
on the whole contents Of the volume for a
future period.
When the extracts from the book. refer
ring to Grenada, were first seen by it,
teIllgent persons In this community, they
were inclined to the belief that Mr.. Frnude
never landed on our shores a all. and
that Grenada WAS one of the islands Ut
which be was prevented landing by pros.
tratiOn from sea. SickneSS-an .'amuSel
critic" who was a fellow paSSeng, ar of his
during his West Indian tour, having af1 IN.
ed in the columns of h, European .Hait
that he was prevented landing at many
places by nal-de mer,-lnd we also were
inclined to a similar b. ipf at irSt, so mac
Curate and untrue are many of Mr.. FrOude'S
statements rega ding this island; but since
perusing the work We have arrived at the
conviction that he did visit our island, was
highly pleased with its pictureSquenesS
and other natural attractions, IN most
strangers are when tn Y touch lts ShO eS,
but that he unforlunat ~ fell into ''Dld
hands"-intO hands that were incapable of
importing the correct inform iti0n which he
required, and that would tell han lust SO
much as would l<al aim aStraY. M.
FrOude's stay in the island did not extend
beyond a few hours, aud all the inf0rma-
ton he collected anent the place was from
"a gentl eman who 10" som purpose was u
passing resident Of Grenada" Of this,
however, more anon.
Leaving ST. Vincent i'm the forenoon in
one of the r. NJ. S. 2. Cp's subsidiary
steamers bouad for this iSIanl, Mr.. Ft0ule
was afforded 4 favourable opportunity of
viewing the Grenadines, ga string OF il.
Glands fitting into their proper places in
"the Antilles srmiCircle, but as if Nature
'had forgotten to put them together or
''elSe had broken some large islands to
"pIeceS and scattered them dong the line"
Arriving at Grenada, the fist Objact that
attracted his admiration WIS the harbour
Of Saint George, 'deep and Land locked"
and which he considered to h6 "the finest
in all the Antilles" and he "eSpeoiIl val.
ue" of which made England "f !ht 81 hard
ly to win it." "Oa three sides wooded
''hills rose high till they passed into
"mOuntalnS: OH the fourth side was the
''caStle with it's slopes and batteries, the
"church and town beyond it, and every
"wIlere luXnritnt tropical forest trees over.
changing the violet -cOlOured water" This
picture is slightly 0verpaintcd, but we
can well understand the feeling which
seized Mr.. Froude when he gazed for the
first time upon the flr,famed loneliness
a"d unrnf1ed serenity Of our harbour, and
forgive him a wee bit of exaggeDa ion. Mr..
FrOude was not surprised at the delight of
P9re Latat when he first beheld it over a
hundred years ago.
After Il brief description Of the appear.
ance OF the town from the sea, Mr.. FrOude
proceeds to give an account of his approach
to it, and also of his landing. ''We sig.
"nalled that we had the Governor on board,
"and the fort replied with a puff of smoke"
BE was mistaken. The "puft of smoke"
which he must have witnessed from the
steamers deck several miles, off was not in
recognition of any signal from the ship,
but Il mere signal to tie inhabitants of tbs
town that the mail steamer was in sight.
But this Is all inaccuracy of no moment,
and is only cited us an instance of how
ready Mr.. FrOude subsequently, evinced
his prOneneSs to make gueSSes at the eau.
Ses of things which came under his notice
during his hurried trip through the is
lands.
The steamer having come to an anchor,
"Mr. S" lit is strange that His Excel.
lency Mr.. Sendall is designated merely by
a. oonit0l 1uffar oO1 ~ l,oL ,rl;IO =: -