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we were joined by Colonel C. E. Swaine, who 

 visited all the West Indian Islands with us, but 

 left us at Florida for a trip through the United 

 States. 



The voyage occupied about five months, and 

 after calling at the Canaries for coal we steamed 

 across to Barbadoes, thence to St. Lucia, St. 

 Vincent, and Grenada, afterwards running up the 

 entire chain of islands to Jamaica, the Caymans, 

 and then on to Cuba. Thence we proceeded to 

 Florida, where some excellent tarpon fishing was 

 enjoyed, and after a flying visit to Key West, 

 for the purpose of coaling, we returned home 

 via Bermuda and the Azores, reaching Cowes 

 on 8th May, 1904. An itinerary of this voyage 

 is appended : 



Madeira, 24th to 27th December, 1903 ; 



Teneriffe, Canary Islands, 28th December 



to 1st January, 1904 ; 

 Barbadoes, West Indies, 15th to 21st 



January ; 

 St. Lucia, 22nd to 25th January ; 

 St. Vincent, 25th to 27th January ; 

 Cariacou, 27th to 28th January ; 

 Grenada, 28th January to 1st February ; 

 St. Lucia (second visit), 2nd to 5th February ; 

 Martinique, 5th to 7th February ; 

 Dominica, 7th to 10th February ; 

 Montserrat, 10th to 12th February ; 

 St. Kitts, 12th to 15th February ; 

 Antigua, 15th to 17th February ; 

 St. Kitts (second visit), 17th to 18th February; 

 St. Croix, 19th to 21st February ; 



