BENEATH TROPIC SEAS 



6th., in connection with dance on Rue de Centre 

 between the Tribunal of the First Instance and 

 the Rue des Casernes. The dance took place in a 



court. Lt. C. in making the arrest entered 



the court — ^forced as many as possible into a house 

 and barred the house. The 17 arrested were in 

 the house, but possibly 50 escaped. One man left 

 his cutaway coat and black hat. A number of 

 articles were seized — red coats with magic writing; 

 a handkerchief with magic writing; banners; decor- 

 ations; a music stand upon which was mounted a 

 candle; stones; a number of bottles of ill-smelling 

 oil; a box of sand which has an awful stench; a cane 

 with a man's head cut upon it. This cane was 

 wrapped in black cloth, and a pair of sun spectacles 

 were tied to the head. Affair will be sent to 

 tribunal today. Gendarme sent to his command- 

 ing officer." 



As I finished reading this I remembered that at 

 the Club a friend had refused to light a third cigarette 

 with the same match, and many Americans had 

 rapped on wood as they asserted that they had 

 never had malaria. When I compared this with a 

 handkerchief with magic writing I wondered if all 

 my contrasts were as trenchant as they seemed at 

 first sight. 



The gods of expeditions have again been kind to 

 me, and I can imagine no better place for a few 

 months' work than Haiti. Owing probably to the 

 brigands and danger from the natives up to very 



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