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Apr. 1  3.30 p.m. Arr. English Hbr. Antigua B.W.I.

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the whole gang goes to town for a hair cut & to mail what we have here & written.

April 1 -'56

Nicholson's came down and invited us up to their place for tea & after bit of conversation they came back for dinner on ship to partake of a fresh Wahoo we caught on way here.  After dinner they sat around a bit.  This is all being caught up after they left.  This place English Harbor is old Nelson headquarters, and from which he sailed to do battle with French fleet at Trafalgar with his 12 British vessels, grossly out number at the time by the French.  Place has much gone to pieces & government is making great strides at rebuilding it as historic monument.  It is that in British history, regular hide away behind hills and masonry far above them.  Its home hereabouts for our black boys and ship is deserted except for us passengers and Capt (Desmond) Nicholson.  Al is drying plants.  He can't run his stove when the ship is in motion & Fenner & I are at dining table in ward room.  Fenner is getting a colored secretary [[?Ian]] writes him.  Hope she's good, but I am surprised Museum has gotten into such [[strikethrough]] straights [[/strikethrough]] straits.  This is more letter & less diary material & maybe this page should not be shown.