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through, and meals and even sleep were forgotten until condi- 
tions improved. 
In spite of such a beginning, everything came through, with the 
exception of the tropical fish, which suffered when the tem- 
perature dropped to below 50°F. near the end of the voyage soon 
after passing the Azores, although it was the month of August. 
It was late one night when we anchored in the Mersey, where 
we were still exposed to bitterly cold winds, and not until we 
pulled alongside the docks at Liverpool early the following 
morning was there any relief. Then the sun came out and the 
temperature soared to the other extreme, to the obvious relief of 
the sloths and humming-birds. 
