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[[red underlined]] instead of letting them [[/red underlined]] grow to trees. Perhaps this is done to make picking easier.
Got here some seeds of a [[red underlined]] cork-screw palm [[/red underlined]] similar to the ones of my neighbor Mr. Meeker in Florida.
Our ship anchored a short distance from the shore. The [[red underlined]] negros [[/red underlined]] here are a much [[red underlined]] better class [[/red underlined]] than in [[red underlined]] Dominica. [[/red underlined]]
[[left margin in red]] St Kitts [[/left margin in red]]
[[black and red underlined]] St Kitts [[/black and red underlined]] - Arrived there at dark 9.30 P.M. and ship kept on loading until 11 P.M
[[underlined]] Sept 5 [[/underlined]] [[black and red underlined]] St. Croix. [[/black and red underlined]] Arrived 7 A.M left 9 A.M.  Some [[strikethrough]] nigger [[/strikethrough]] more Nigger first class passengers came in. Very amusing to see their little children with wondering eyes looking around bashfully then gradually thawing out and playing and dancing with the white children. Two little negro children of about 3 or 4 years old, dressed in green silk blouses and pink silk hats made their dancing like a theater performance. Their fat heavy mother [[red underlined]] dressed [[/red underlined]]
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[[red underlined]] in silk and wearing an abundance of gold [[/red underlined]] jewelry made quite a contrast. [[strikethrough]] a rather [[/strikethrough]]
A colored rubber balloon was an unexpected toy for them and gave them endless joy until one of them suddenly exploded; to their intense astonishment at its dispartion and the unexpected bang.
I notice at every Island some [[red underlined]] Roman Catholic sisters [[/red underlined]] among the passengers. They seem to be visiting the various islands [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] Roman catholic schools and Churches seem to be predominating here. Am told that [[red underlined]] many of these sisters are Belgians. [[/red underlined]] As a contrast we now and then have an [[red underlined]] Anglican minister [[/red underlined]] among us, usually [[red underlined]] tall and thin and of decidedly angular profile and characteristic clerical [[/red underlined]] pronunciation. Took [[red underlined]] five large green turtles [[/red underlined]] aboard [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]]destined to be delivered to the [[red underlined]] Waldorf Astoria [[/red underlined]] hotel in New York - [[strikethrough]] so [[/strikethrough]] which will