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“...ANTIGUA
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tried by court-martial but honourably acquitted,
only to fall in a duel by the hands of Captain
Bert, a native of Barbados.”
Like the students’ prisons at Heidelberg Uni-
versity, the walls of the barracks bear many in-
scriptions written by former inmates and visitors,
and among them is pointed out one painted by
the Prince of Wales when he visited Antigua in
H.M.S. Canada. It runs “A merry Xmas and a
happy New Year 2 you all.”
A variety of pleasant drives can be taken from
St. John’s, including (1) to Parham, returning by
way of Vernon’s (2 hours); (2) by way of Weir’s,
St. George’s Church and Millar’s (ij hours); (3)
via Gunthorpe’s Factory, Weir’s, St. George’s and
Millar’s (if hours); (4) by the English Harbour
road to Belle Vue, and thence by way of Ver-
non’s to St. John’s (2 hours); (5) via Marble Hill,
Weatherill’s, Langford’s, and Friar’s Hill (i£
hours); (6) via Friar’s Hill, Langford’s, Thibou’s,
Judge’s, and Cassada Garden (2 hours); and (7)
to Devil’s Bridge, on...”
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