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place, but which, for some reason or other, no one has been able to make pay. There used to be launches from Staubles jetty, but there is no regular service now. As yet the hotel appears quite neat & tidy. 
From Gasparee we crossed back to Trinidad, where we stopped at Stauble's Bay which is somewhat of a resort, and Tetron Bay which is directly opposite the island of Monas.
The Boca de Monas is a quiet passage and there seems as if there is little tide going in or out. It is almost completely shut by reefs, but smaller ships do go through. One of the large Canadian ships attempted it once, but went aground on the reef. 
Monas has a nice bay facing Tetron bay. Of all the islands this has the most stopping places. The ones I specially remembered are Balmoral, Grand Fond & South Sea. 
The Boca de Huevos is quite a bit rougher and one can feel the ocean swell a great deal more. When we reached here there were two large[[strikethrough]] r [[/strikethrough]] ships nearby. Our captain allowed them both to pass him before he went ahead. At this time I was told about a serious accident which once happened there, because the captain of the island steamer could not read or send messages and his boat

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was rammed & sunk by a large ship coming in the Bocas.
From Huevos we went to [[strikethrough]] Chacha [[/strikethrough]] Chacachacaree, where the leper settlement is located. Shortl[[strikethrough]] e [[/strikethrough]]y before we reached here we met the Dr of the leper island. He looks enough like Johnny Fairchild to be an elder brother. He told us a little about curing the lepers. In the early stages it is curable, but the trouble is that people let themselves go so long that it is almost impossible to arrest the cases. They do not believe that leprosy is easily caught - in fact direct contact seems to be the only means of contagion. He does not seem to fear infection for himself or family as they live on the island, and their house is only slightly removed from the main settlement. 
The leper settlement is made up of houses of family size & larger wards for individual cases. They seem nice, and not at all depressing looking. The trip this far took us 3 hours. From here the boat returns to Port of Spain in a little over 2 hours.
The afternoon was delightfully sunny and not at all hot. In fact