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have a well stocked pantry. We heard passengers who got off the ship say that they did nothing, all the way over, but eat.
About 12:30 we started. We left in a 10 passenger Commodore flying boat & there were only 2 other passengers.  We had the rear compartment which has 2 couches, and I was very glad later on that the 2 other men had rushed on ahead of us and taken the 2 front compartments. 
Puerto Rico is rather a pretty island from the air, and it has some rather striking landscape.  The limestone country is specially interesting. We flew up along the north coast to Aguadilla and then straight out over Mona passage. Dick saw Mona island from his side of the ship. It was very smooth riding over the ocean and it wasn't until we struck the coast of the Dominican Republic that it became