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[[strikethrough]] ma [[/strikethrough]] will make them my fellow travellers as far as our Park Avenue office. As our boat is again taking a Northerly course and my cabin is on starboard I have the benefit of the Easterly Trade winds. This as a compensation for the lack of ventilation our Starboard had on the outgoing trip.
[[underlined]] Sept 6. [[/underlined]] 
[[left margin]] Noon = lat. 22°.29, long. 66°.40 W. made 274 miles or about 11 Knots average [[/left margin]]
Arrived at St. ^[[Kitts?]] at noon left [[overwritten]] 3 [[/overwritten]] 4 P.M.  Went ashore, walking around town. American influence well visible in streets, schools and stores. Boys and girls returning from school, mostly colored make a good impression. [[red underlined]] Bought a few baskets. [[/red underlined]] Had some excellent [[underlined]] cool [[/underlined]] beer, and choice between (Danish) Carsberg Beer and American beer.
On leaving the Island our course brought us close to a large number of uninhabited green clad islands, very small, and characterised by their conical shape - ^[[all]] just so many former volcanos with their 
[[left margin]] Have sent radio to Bakelite: Notify Dick automobile Monday early [[/left margin]]
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tops sticking out the water and their base way deep in the bottom of the Ocean.
[[underlined]] Sept 7. [[/underlined]] Very amusing to hear the little negro-children speaking their sing-song West Indian English.  
[[underlined]] Useful and ornamental Plants, [[/underlined]] Trinidad & Tobago 3sh6d by Freeman & Williams issued by Government printers Mr. [[underlined]] Alfred Dormoy, [[/underlined]] Directeur de [[red underlined]] Plissoneau [[/red underlined]] & A. [[red underlined]] Dormoy Fort de France, Martinique. [[/red underlined]]
Calm seas with light following winds.  Hotter. Deck races in very hot sun.
At noon = 87° in my cabin.
The [[red underlined]] women [[/red underlined]] are holding undress [[red underlined]] rehearsal [[/red underlined]] for the show of Saturday evening.
They [[red underlined]] got in the habit of living in shorts or in bathing costume and look more like leg-show ballet girls. [[/red underlined]] I wonder what the two praying catholic nuns think of it.
[[underlined]] Sept. 8. [[/underlined]] Last night 90°F in my cabin, following wind and only ventilation is by the fan and [[strikethrough]] we [[/strikethrough]] ^[[I]] get the heat of the nearby upper engine room