The scene of this Antiguan tragedy may still be viewed; the creek bears the name of “Indian Creek,” while the cavern in which they held their barbaric meeting is called “Bat’s cave.” The governor retained his office until 1660, when Charles II. was restored to the vacant crown; but refusing to acknowledge his sovereign, he was superseded, and the vacant post was filled by Major-General Poyntz, a royalist, who continued to act as governor until 1663, when Lord Francis Willoughby obtained a grant of the island. The name of Raphe de Merefield (the uncle of the young cavalier) appears with that of Sir Thomas Warner in the original grant signed by Charles I. It is still to be seen at “Stoney Hill,”—an estate belonging to the late Samuel Warner, president of Antigua, and a descendent of the old family. This property was willed by him to his god-son, ——— Shand, Esq., of the house of Messrs. Shand, Liverpool. CHAPTER XXVI. Towns: Falmouth—Church and churchyard—Mangroves and acacias— Black’s Point—Bridgetown—Willoughby Bay—Its site and decoration —The superintendent of the Wesleyan schools—School-room— Methodist chapel—The Memoras—St Philip’s church—Beautiful views —Parham—Its derivation and site—St Peter’s church—Churchyard— The new church—Methodist chapel and school-room. In the year 1675, six towns were appointed in Antigua as places of trade—viz., St. John’s, Falmouth, Old Road, (or Carlisle Road,) Bridgetown, Willoughby Bay, Bermudian Valley, and Parham. St. John’s, as the _capital_ of the island, has already been noticed in a chapter by itself, and it now devolves upon me to endeavour to describe, what is almost indescribable, the arrangement of the other towns, which, with the exception of Bermudian Valley, are still in a state of existence. To commence with Falmouth. As it lies just before the traveller gains English Harbour, the road to it is the same already mentioned in our journey to that place; and consequently another description would be tiresome and superfluous. I must, however, remark that near the entrance of the town a pretty turn in the road leaves the blank-looking country, which so generally predominates between Falmouth and the capital, and leads you into a kind of defile; on one side, bordered by rugged banks thickly covered with the yellow acacia, and its sweet-scented blossoms; and on the other, by the picturesque ascent of Monk’s Hill, surmounted by all its frowning battlements.[97] The town of Falmouth is noted for being the first part of the island settled upon by the English, who, under the command of Mr. Warner, son of Sir Thomas Warner, emigrated from St. Christopher’s in 1632, and laid out the surrounding country in fields of tobacco, cotton, and ginger, which were for some years after the staple commodities of Antigua.