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it is connected by a small causeway, is Gallow’s Island.
A post at its highest point identifies the spot where a
negro slave was hanged on a gibbet in 1754 for murdering
his master. Flatt’s was once a shipping port of some
size. Just across Flatt’s Bridge, on the Harrington
Sound side of the road, is the well-stocked Aquarium,
built in the old Colonial style of native stone.
The Middle Road to Flatt’s Village begins at the
east end of Hamilton and joins the North Shore Road
at Zuill’s Park, a distance of half a mile from the village
passing Prospect Hill, the military camp. This road
can be taken on excursion to Spanish Rock (3 miles,
see pages 42 and 58) and Knapton Hill (4 miles).
Harrington Sound is a large inlet of the sea which,
but for a narrow mouth bridged at Flatt’s, would
be an inland lake. It is always a source of great
attraction to visitors, and especially to those of
them who are interested in Geology, for in its
neighbourhood there are many remarkable limestone...”
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