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an occasional Portuguese bound for Delagoa Bay 

 or Mozambique. 



When we first went aboard our party of four 

 desired to secure a table by ourselves. We were un- 

 successful, however, and found it shared by a 

 peaceful old gentleman with whiskers. By cross- 

 ing with gold the palm of the chief steward, the old 

 gentleman was shifted to a seat on the first officer's 

 right. Later we discovered that he was Sir Thomas 

 Scanlon, the first premier of South Africa, the man 

 who gave Cecil Rhodes his start. 



There were many interesting elements which 

 made the cruise of the Woermann unusual. Mr. 

 Boyce and his party of six were on board and were 

 on their way to photograph East Africa. They took 

 moving pictures of the various deck sports, also 

 a bird's-eye picture of the ship, taken from a camera 

 suspended by a number of box kites, and also gave 

 two evenings of cinematograph entertainment. 



There were also poker games, bridge games, and 

 other forms of seaside sports, all of which con- 

 tributed to the gaiety of life in the Indian Ocean. 

 In the evening one might have imagined oneself 

 at a London music-hall, in the daytime at the Olym- 

 pian games, and in the early morning out on the 

 farm. There were a number of chickens on board 

 and each rooster seemed obliged to salute the dawn 

 with a fanfare of crowing. They belonged to the 

 governor and were going out to East Africa to 

 found a colony of chickens. Some day, years hence, 

 the proud descendents of these chickens will boast 



