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Barbados 18.
We continued westward around the coast as far as the Animal Flower Cane- so called. Here a staircase tunneled out of the rock leads down about thirty feet to a roomy cavern opening out to sea. It is said to contain many of the worms with colored tentacle-clusters. We didn't care to pay the 1 shilling fee so did not go down. Took a [[underlined]] photograph [[/underlined]] of the coast looking east from here. It seems to be a continual series of overhanging cliffs, some at least appearing to be the roofs of canes broken into by the [[strikethrough]] t [[/strikethrough]] waves.

We stopped to get water for the car, which overheats terribly, and then came home along the coast on highway #1. In this northern area are many windmills running small factories. We could see ten or twelve at a time. There are no streams, no pastures, no woods, and the beaches are rather too free of seaweed, though good for bathing.
We stopped in town to get some films and the shoes at Bata's. After tea we had to get ready to go out to dinner at the Shilstone's. Mr. Shilstone came for us at 7:00. The others present were a Mr. Bailey, another Mr. Bailey, a Mrs. Williamson, and a
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We had a very nice dinner and the company was very pleasant. Mr. Shilstone served numerous alcoholic drinks and seemed hard to convince that I wouldn't take any. When he offered a toast to the king he wanted me to have some wine, but I insisted water would have to do. After dinner he told us a wild tale of his visit in 1910 to Texas. He also said the American trains were far less comfortable than the English.
I learned that water is sold here in Barbados on a basis not of amount consumed but facilities. If you have a tub that could hold 50 gallons, you pay 3/6; if six tubs just alike, still only 3/6; for a shower 1/9; for 6 showers still only 1/9. These are monthly rates irrespective of the amount of water you use! I failed to find out the relationship between kilowatts and the local "units" or between cu. in. and  litres.
One of the Mr. Baileys' is an American who is in some sort of a sales business. He said he imparts a large amount of Japanese merchandise. Mr. Shilstone remarked a house he wanted was priced at [[British Pound symbol]] 10,000 but he was willing to pay [[British Pound symbol]] 8,000 for it anytime! His home is very nice, but I wouldn't have thought him [[underlined]] that [[/underlined]] wealthy. He drove us home afterward - 11 P.M.