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nor had suggested, the occasion served as an opportunity to bid 
the members of the Barbados-Antigua Expedition a kindly 
farewell. | 
The next day, Saturday, July 20th, was devoted mainly to 
small matters of business and in calling on some of the officials, 
particularly Colonel Bell and Captain Downing, who had done 
everything in their power to aid our expedition, and Mr. Col- 
lens, who had given much of his time to such good effect. In the 
afternoon His Excellency took us on a delightful automobile ride 
along the west coast and through some beautiful inland valleys 
that we had not seen before. In the evening we attended the 
entertainment given by the high school girls under the manage- 
ment of the Misses Branch, which has already been described. 
We Americans were in a particularly good humor over the 
cablegram received that afternoon which announced the initial 
victory of the United States troops in France. 
On Sunday some of us attended service at the cathedral con- 
ducted by Dean Shepherd. Most of the officials and white res- 
idents of the city attended here. In the afternoon we took tea 
with Dean and Mrs. Shepherd at the Deanery, where we met 
once more a number of friends. In the evening we sat out in 
the moonlight on the lawn in front of Government House with 
the Governor and Captain Nicholson, which made a quiet but 
exceedingly enjoyable last evening in Antigua. 
We were up early in the morning on July 22d, as the 
‘‘Parima’’ was expected at about 7 a. M., although she did not 
get in until 10. We said goodbye to our host and were taken 
in his auto to the dock, accompanied by Captain Nicholson. All 
of our party were soon on hand and we boarded the sailboat 
(the government launch being out of commission) with all of 
our hand baggage and a number of other passengers. Many of 
our friends were at the wharf, and as we glided away we gave 
‘nine rahs’’ for Antigua and they responded with the ‘‘Hip! 
Hip, Hooray!,’’ which is the British equivalent. With a fair 
wind a few minutes’ sail brought us alongside the steamer and 
we were soon aboard and settling in our staterooms. The ‘‘Reso- 
lute’’ was already at hand and our collections, equipment and 
trunks were quickly transferred, all being taken as baggage 
according to the generous agreement made with the Quebec Co. 
