“…a momentary ray of sunshine…” – C. Warren Adams

“What then was our astonishment at the panorama that opened before us as we pulled round the little point!  Wide streets, neat houses, shops, stores, hotels, coffee rooms, emigration barracks, a neat seawall, and an excellent and convenient jetty, with vessels discharging their cargoes upon it, met our view; whilst a momentary ray of sunshine …