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altho well made. The Japanese [[underlined in red]] shoes [[/underlined in red]] and other articles are [[underlined in red]] sold at a price even lower than that of Czekoslovakia. [[/underlined in red]]
Went to Royal Victoria Institute a roomy new building but with very little in it. Altho' there were some [[underlined in red]] interesting specimens, [[underlined in red]] many of them were not even labeled. [[/underlined in red]] The clerical help - colored- altho' polite seemed to have little or no information on the exhibits. Some [[underlined in red]] large snake-skins [[/underlined in red]] other zoological and and geological exhibits etc
Then visit to the reception rooms of the [[underlined in red]] Angostura Bitters [[/underlined in red]] factory, where every visitor gets a punch made of Rhum + Angostura bitters a booklet and a small souvenir bottle and swizzle stick to take along. - All this is dispensed by a giant negro who takes his task
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as seriously as if he were dispensing chief in a high class hospital ward.
It was nicely cool this morning at about 6 AM, but the [[underlined in red]] sunbaked city [[/underlined in red]] at noon made on [[underlined in red]] perspire [[/underlined in red]] until my blue shirt was thoroughly wet.
What we call [[underlined in red]] "Dwarf Poinciana" is very abundant everywhere here and in other islands. In some they called it: [[underlined in red]] "Flower fern"; [[/underlined in red]] here they name it "Trinidad Spray". Their [[underlined in red]] "Coconut Ice cream" [[/underlined in red]] is made of a mixture of frozen [[underlined in red]] Coconut sap + frozen cream [[/underlined in red]] = Touched with a [[underlined in red]] few drops of Rhum [[/underlined in red]] in ^[[a]] pit made in the cream. It is very agreeably refreshing. There is everywhere an abundance of what we