BARBADOS-ANTIGUA EXPEDITION 45 
took his place at the head of the table. Then we rose in our 
places and Dr. Job proposed ‘‘nine rahs for the Captain,’’ and 
the air fairly trembled with Rah-rah-rah, Rah-rah-rah, Rah-rah- 
rah, Captain, Captain, Captain! The other passengers were 
simply paralyzed and showed much agitation. Such things are 
simply not done in British steamers, don’t you know! The Cap- 
tain was not much less astonished than the others, and ex- 
claimed, ‘‘What th— What’s the matter now!’’ It was ex- 
plained that this is the Iowa method of conferring the degree 
of D. Ph., and he accepted in good grace when he understood 
that he had really received a high scholastic honor. The Cap- 
tain, a royal good fellow, extended many rather unusual cour- 
tesies to our party. We shall remember him with gratitude. 
I have been given to understand that the college yell is a 
thing unknown in England. If this is so, the mother country 
has something to learn concerning the utility of effective psy- 
chological stimuli to carry a mass of men ‘‘over the goal,’’ or 
‘fover the top.’’ I have no doubt it has been effectively intro- 
duced by this time in France, and may in part account for the 
fear that is reported to be instilled into the Boche mind when 
our boys charge. 
And all this time poor Henderson was shut up in his state- 
room and ordered to keep in his bunk by the heartless doctor! 
I slipped down when we were passing St. Pierre and found him 
kneeling on the settee and eagerly peering through the port- 
hole. Some men simply can’t be kept down! 
We anchored in the harbor at Fort de France; but only to 
take passengers and discharge and receive mail; no one going 
ashore unless he meant to stay there. I regretted this, as I had 
found the town most interesting on my previous trip. The 
houses are remarkable for their weird coloring, often in broad 
bands or zigzags of gaudy hues, such as bright red and purple 
in the most inharmonious contrast; the more bizarre, it seemed, 
the better. The market was much lke that at Guadeloupe, with 
the same profusion of chattering negroes, strange vegetables 
and fruits. There is a really beautiful statute of the Empress 
Josephine in one of the parks, and a library of oriental extrava- 
gance in exterior ornamentation, but a paucity of books within. 
We were getting ready for the end of our cruise on the mor- 
