BARBADOS-ANTIGUA EXPEDITION 259 
““S. S. Parima, 31st July, 1918. 
To Capt. C. M. Gladwin,— 
‘“Simply an Old Grey Boat, tired and ready to rest, but ani- 
mated with a Will that carries her over the course light and 
steady. 
‘In torrid waters in full security we who there felt as though 
were were in the hands of a kindly fate, and now that we are 
leaving the dangerous waters behind us, now that we are com- 
ing to port safe and happy, we all want to thank the Captain, 
the Will of the Old Grey Boat, whose kindly smile has made a 
trip in war time a thing of joy.’’ 
Captain Gladwin impressed us as exceptional in the fact that 
he bestowed his geniality on all alike and not upon a chosen 
few as is so often the case, and was on that account unan- 
imously liked and admired. A collection was taken up for the 
naval gunners who had faithfully and literally stood by our gun 
during the voyage and would have doubtless acquitted them- 
selves as befitted British tars had occasion required. Their huge 
embarrassment when being eulogized by the party who pre- 
sented the purse evidenced a state of mind more agitated than 
would have been caused by the appearance of a submarine. 
Shortly after dinner it cleared up, affording a delightful run 
in after we had taken our pilot. Newspapers were eagerly read 
and gave glorious news of the continued success of the great 
offensive inaugurated by the Allies just before we left An- 
tigua. A sausage-shaped balloon hovered over the entrance to 
the channel. Darkness came on before we dropped anchor at 
quarantine, and the myriad lights of the harbor, Coney Island 
and the great city twinkled a benediction; and for the first time 
during the cruise the deck lights were ablaze and the port-holes 
unshaded. I sat late on deck that night, too happy to go be- 
low. The expedition had returned without mishap of any kind; 
every member was in excellent health and our collections and 
equipment were with us. I had hardly dared hope that the 
good fortune that had attended the Bahama Expedition twenty- 
five years before could be duplicated in the case of the Barbados- 
Antigua Expedition, and it was with a heart full of gratitude to 
a beneficent Providence that I went below and turned in with- 
out retaining a considerable portion of my clothes, without 
placing my life-belt where it would instantly be at hand, with- 
