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cabin as the boat was too crowded. My room mate was a girl from Bermuda named Bernice Cooper. Across the hall in 49 (I was in 47) was Mr & Mrs Muskrat. Fancy meeting [[underlined]] them [[/underlined]]) Mr Price was also aboard but as far as he was concerned I never saw him, in spite of his arm waving & staring.
We had dinner and breakfast aboard, and I do not think their meals can compare with those on the "Nerissa".
The Garraways were also aboard. They had 3 in their cabin - I shouldnt have liked that! The cabins are about twice as large as the ones on the "Nerissa", and much more luxurious, but I'd rather be on the Furness Line.

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[[triple underlined]] Grenada [[/underlined]]
[[underlined]] Wednesday January 8th 1936 [[/underlined]]
We had to be up at seven to see the officials, then we had to wait until 7:30 for breakfast. We were met by the Home Hotel's man, Cromwell, a note left in the Purser's office, and later by Mr Jackson himself. He seems very enterprising and anxious for our trade. The St James didnt even have a man aboard.

We took the 8:30 launch. There was a lot of fooling around with the launch going back & forth to the ship & the passengers got pretty disgusted. As soon as we got ashore we went to the customs - did't have to open a thing - and walked up the block to the Home Hotel. We were shown a nice large front room and after a little discussion we decided to take it at $45. a month - or proportional part - a piece. We didnt even bother to look at the St. James.
Then we went for mail and found a lot waiting for us. Our journal note-books had arrived, 4 of the 6