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to come aboard & give us clearance Nicholson said we'd probably have to wait till 2, but they came at 1:30 while we were having Tuna & tomatoe (sic) salad lunch with grape fruit juice up on deck.  These minor formalities out of the way we went ashore, just a stones throw from sea wall.  [[strikethrough]] Man [[/strikethrough]] One of our men just paddle row boat ([[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] using one oar) back & forth.  Very hilly place with tunnel through hill, to other side of town.  We came back over hills.  Saw a most wonderful book store & I do not see how it could make out with stock it had and the apparently low buying power of the people here.  Maybe the isolation stimulates book buying.  There are several hotels here largest "Santa Maria" seems quite new.  Bredin took us all to dinner there at 8 oclock.  Yes, meals are late in this country. 

While we were at lunch Nicholson called our attention to a short colored woman walking [[strikethrough]] up [[/strikethrough]] back & forth at side of seawall, treading out ocean beans from husks.  Pods were spread out on large canvas sheets or tarpaulins, in sun.  Nicholson said if you try to photo her she'll quit & when Bredin took a movie of here she did as soon as she noticed it (we are pretty close to shore);  stood with here back to electric light pole nearby & finally moved away.  Too bad few pictures were taken by that time.  Hotel dinner was quite good, portions small.