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beach at the back of the consular residence is the finest that we 
saw. Our whole party enjoyed these events immensely, as well 
as the accompanying tea and other refreshments. 
Mr. Arthur Gill, the man who first suggested Pelican Island 
for our quarters, was active in our behalf and secured tickets 
admitting us to the ‘‘Savannah Club,’’ one of the main social 
centers where the leading men and women of Barbados are 
in the habit of congregating in the latter part of the afternoon 
to enjoy tennis and refreshments of various sorts. Mr. Gill is 
an enthusiastic yachtsman and owner of the ‘‘Mustang,’’ a 
racing boat which at present has no rival here. On several 
occasions he took members of our party for a sail and incident- 
ally proved himself a sailorman of the first rank. On one 
occasion he took us to the ‘‘fresh water bath,’’ a place a few 
miles up the coast from Pelican Island where springs of fresh 
water bubble up from the sandy bottom near the shore. A 
novel mode of refreshments was introduced when oranges were 
thrown to the swimmers and they were expected to eat them 
swimming. To the naturally amphibious Barbadian this is easy 
enough, but we found our orange mixed with a generous allow- 
ance of salt water, which is said to improve the flavor. 
With all these social activities I feared at first that the main 
purpose of our visit would be interfered with rather seriously. 
We found it possible, however, to confine them to the latter part 
of the afternoon when we were usually through with our work. 
We commenced operations rather early in the morning, worked 
hard in collecting and caring for material and attending to 
laboratory duties, and were usually willing to knock off at about 
4:30 in the afternoon and enjoy the social side of life. We 
greatly regretted, however, our inability to return the many 
favors that were showered upon us. Our mess tables would 
accommodate no more than our own party, and we were not 
equipped to entertain. Many visitors called, however, and they 
seemed interested in our doings and declared themselves amply 
entertained by a visit to our laboratory and an inspection of 
the specimens to be found in the aquaria. The material ob- 
tained by dredging was seldom brought to the laboratory alive 
