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“...St. Joseph.
Government
Stock Farm.
Montserrat.
146 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
finer than the Blue Basin, but the expedition to
it requires a full day. It is reached by train to
St. Joseph (7 miles), and thence by carriage (7J
miles), through very characteristic scenery and
many cocoa plantations in the direction of El
Tucuche, the highest peak in Trinidad. The
sleepy little town of St. Joseph, the former capital
of the island, was the scene of the mutiny of
free black recruits of the West India Regiment
under Donald Stewart or Daaga on 17th June
1837, of which a graphic description from the
pen of Mr. M. Thomas is given in “ At Last.”
Many of the mutineers were shot on the spot
where the convent now stands. The town has
several churches, that of the Roman Catholics
being noteworthy on account of some very old
stained-glass windows. Near by is the Govern-
ment Stock Farm at Valsayn. In the drawing-
room of the residence on this estate, Don Josef
Maria Chacon, the last Spanish Governor, signed...”
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