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And of course Dr. Gray and Dr. Swingle we see every day, Dr. Gray sticking methodically to his Hay diet in spiteof the tempting menus, Dr. Swingle full of charm and good comradeship.

Most of the gossip on board concerns itself with Honeychile and her party, and her [[strikethrough]] h [[/strikethrough]] remarks and doings are a source of interest to us all.  She fortified herself for the Equator ceremonies with ten daiquiri cocktails, and squealed like a little blond pig the whole time.  Both she and Randy call every man on board "Darling", and are usually to be found in the bar - although they never get up until after lunch. 

Grand Hotel never had a more mixed crowd, and a large percentage of them are nice and lots of fun.

April 20 - Rio de Janeiro

The famous harbor was under a cloud when we came in early this morning.  We passed the entrance at about six o'clock, stuck our heads out the porthole, and deciding that there was to be no glory to the sunrise, went back to sleep again.

We were still drinking our coffee, and were not yet dressed, when Dusky Gillette pounded on our door.  As soon as Bill had fed and cleaned the animals, we went ashore with Dusky, and in his official car headed first for the Zoo.

The Rio Zoo is a private affair, the enterprise of one Dr. Carlos Drummond Franklyn, who used to receive a small sum from the city, but now is so much on his own that he is seriously considering disbanding his collection.  It really is a good-sized Zoo for a private collection.  There were three tapirs, 6 jaguars, mountain lions, an African lion, a lesser harpy eagle, several species of African monkeys, a large female chimpanzee, an ant-eater, several spider monkeys, and a little Cebus that gave every indication of being able to think.  Many of the problems that psychologists work out for chimpanzees are just "canja" for this monkey.  A grape was tied to a string over his head, out of reach.  By using a stick he set the grape swinging so that he could grasp it.  To reach one piece of fruit he had to manipulate six sticks - with the smallest he could reach the next in size, and eventually reach a pole long enough to scrape the desired titbit into his cage.  He would actually pick up one stick, consider its length, and discard it for one of the proper length.  The director would throw a number of matches, some of them burned, some good, on the ground, and tell the monkey to pick up one, or as many as six, unused ones.  He gave the Cebus a matchbox, and the animal quickly selected the good matches and scratched them on the box. 

The setting for the Zoo is tropical, with thick vegetation, tall trees, and more vultures flying about or roosting overhead than I have ever seen in one place.