"The first aeronautic experiments made in the colony occured at Shine's Pasture during the course of the month, the performer being a member of Donovan's Circus, then visiting the colony. The first attempt, made on the 7th November, was unsuccessful, the balloon not having risen ten feet high when the parachustist jumped out. A successful attempt was made on the 11th of November when the balloon reached a high of 500 feet. On a third occasion on the 15th November, at the Prince's Building Savana, the balloonist, on account of not receiving sufficient public patronage, elected to remain on terra firma and sent up the balloon without him."

[Trinidadiana, Bodu, Jose, British Library, 1890, p.107]