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“...234 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
In the Roman Catholic burial ground in St. Patrick’s
on the road to O’Garas at the south of the island is a
headstone to the memory of Michael Dardis, Esq.,
" who departed this Life on Thursday the 23rd day of
Febry 1797 ...” formerly " Surgeon on Board the
Vestal Capt. Samuel Hood (now Lord Hood), when she
engaged and took the Bellona a French Frigate of super-
ior Force after a severe and bloody Conflict, upon which
occasion the following Epigram was written
In vain Bellona mounts the Gallic Gun
To try the Honor of the British Nun
Chaste as she lived so bravely shall expire
There's no extinguishing the Vestal Fire I
The island was once strongly fortified, and the ruins of
many forts and batteries, including Fort Barrington and
Fort St. George, can be visited. From the position of
these defences, which protected the various roads and
passes, it is evident that the fortifications were very care-
fully planned. Fort St. George is on the summit of St.
George’s...”
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