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with long ribbons of sheets of paper fastened together hanging down, lot of work but an old much used stunt.  Well everybody had a good time I guess and it did fill in some time.  The cruise Master of C took our score sheets & tore them up, said never does to let them lie around.  Well they learn, I guess, by hard experience

March 6.  Early before we woke up we were anchored in road stead off Bridgetown, Barbados, by time we got 8 oclock breakfast and ashore it was nearer 10.  At local information office mailed diary sheets with help of older woman one of three to help out tourists with info & stamps, etc.  Fenner called Lewis in charge of station & he invited us over to lunch at the station about 8 miles north of town.  First however we tried to buy a hat or two as protection against sun, walked up and down street from one dept store to other, are like old 7th St stores [[strikethrough]] sorts [[/strikethrough]] of my primary shool days old fashioned as h.-  Fenner got a white cloth hat to fit him but 3 diff. stores had none large enough for my head.  So I guess I'll make my old cap do.  Is one I wore [[strikethrough]] on [[/strikethrough]] out least took on first trip to S. Amer.  After enquiring of a Canadian couple on street who had been