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Johnstone, who was a judge at Nassau in the Bahamas. I 

 knew that he had been transferred but did not know where 

 he had gone. Years passed. Then at dinner one evening at 

 the Gorgases', Sir Claude Mallet, the British Minister to 

 Panama, mentioned Mr. Johnstone as being Colonial Secre- 

 tary in Jamaica. I assumed instantly that this was my 

 transferred cousin, little knowing that the latter had been 

 knighted and sent to the Windward Islands to be Chief 

 Justice. When we left Colon to cross to Kingston, I sent a 

 cable to the Colonial Secretary saying, "Meet steamship 

 Trent arriving such and such a date," and thought no more 

 of the matter. When we got to Kingston I looked about for 

 a familiar face, but in vain. Several hours were consumed 

 while we searched for the Secretary and he for us. The 

 next day I called at the Colonial Secretary's office. After 

 being ushered into the presence, for in British colonies 

 the Colonial Secretary ranks next to the Governor, I found 

 an irritated and rather awesome personage. I gave him a 

 long explanation. He finally got a Colonial Office List, 

 looked up, smiled broadly, and admitted that there was 

 another person whose name was exactly the same as his 

 own, even to the rather unusual spelling. Moreover, the 

 fact that my cousin had been knighted showed that he was 

 a person of repute. Mr. Johnstone asked us to his house 

 and a most pleasant acquaintanceship ensued. 



One of the most interesting animals in the world to 

 zoologists is that creature called Peripatus. I use this name 

 in a very inclusive way, for there are a lot of genera and 

 species scattered over the world, all more or less closely 

 related and all forming together a group of the utmost 



