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when we went in to the Langleys for cocktails. He is Attorney General, and Acting Colonial Secretary. I had seen her before, altho' we had never met formally. She seems very nice. 
The other guests were Dr & Mrs Edwards, the Misses Bowman, and Mr & Mrs Moore. The latter couple are Americans. I had met her before but never had a good visit. The Moores brought us home. They have a little girl, Jo, and a dog named Bootie. 
[[margin]] Mon. Aug 24 [[/margin]]
It rained a little in the morning. I went to town & did a little shopping and spent the rest of the morning working on stamps. 
In the afternoon right after lunch we went to the distillery to see how they make alcohol from molasses. Mr John Anjo showed us through the place. It isn't a large distillery, but it is kept very clean and we had no trouble getting around. They were just finishing a 48 hour [[strikethrough]] shift [[/strikethrough]] distiling period - it takes that long to get from Molasses to alcohol -- and they were going to do some cleaning, chipping of the boilers, and painting. The only thing really going full blast was the vaporizing column. This is one still placed over the other, each
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with its [[strikethrough]] own [[/strikehrough]] outlet valve into the one above. When the vapors reach the top still they contain not only alcohol but a few other vapors -- which have approximately the same vaporizing point as alcohol -- and there they are treated with water so that nothing but the alcohol vapors are extracted, and condensed. The alcohol then passes into a bell shaped jar where it is tested for strength. There are two bubbles in the bell and I think Mr Anjo said that they only floated when there was a high percentage of alcohol. They were not floating as the last distillation is likeley to contain a greater % of water. 
After Mr Anjo closed his office we walked up to the signal station. This is on Rat Island. This island really isn't an island but a peninsula, as during the time of slavery they built a road across that part of the bay to the island, and it is now connected that way to the mainland. 
[[margin]] Tues Aug 25 [[/margin]]
Rather an uneventful morning -- as usual. In the afternoon after tea we all got the idea of going to the club to see the finish of the tennis matches and to see Gov Lethern award the prizes. The match