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within several rods of the dock when a dozen nearly naked 

 little Africans commenced the sport of diving off the dock into 

 the deep water after the coins which the passengers threw over- 

 board. They seemed to be amphibious and were all expert 

 swimmers. They generally succeeded in securing the much 

 coveted prizes before the latter reached the bottom. But little, 

 in fact no real annoyance, aside from the delay, was experienced 

 from the custom house officials, and we soon found ourselves at 

 home in the Eoyal Victoria Hotel, one of tlie finest buildings of 

 the kind in the Western world. 



