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[[underlined]] Diablesse [[/underlined]] Fenga P. 234

[[encircled]] Eng. Hbr. Antigua [[/encircled]]

Standing down to the water's edge were spar sheds and covered slipways for hauling out ships' boats while beyond, in the rock of the harbor was a growing dock for small vessels surrounded by sturdy columns of turned sand stone blocks that once had carried a wide-spanning roof. [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] The roof, whose beams must have been of gigantic proportions has long since disappeared, leaving the tops of the columns
exposed to the weather. Hearing perhaps from her grandson of this Queen Victoria sent out a sum of money with the command to protect the tops with mamelons of cement so that the rains would not destroy the masonry from within. These give the many pillars the effect of being existing bits out of Egypt.