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and caused my companions much concern when they saw me serenely watching them pass the "goat" from one to the other.
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We have a closed up but pleasant suite of rooms - two rooms and bath for four of us. The place is comfortable and indeed on this trip I spent the lion's share of my time in my little stateroom - but through no particular choice of my own.

The berths were the hard part to get used to as we all confessed. They are very very narrow and the coverlets and sheets are not tucked in as on land, but folded bag-fashion on top of the lower sheet. I got all tangled up the first night and with the slight rolling nearly got pitched to the floor half a dozen times during that night of