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and the accommodations for passengers 

 were not so limited, the time spent 

 at sea was much less enjoyable, as, 

 owing to continuous rainy weather, we 

 never saw the sun from the beginning 

 to the end of the voyage. Moreover, 

 our state-room sprang a leak, and we 

 were drenched in our berths; yet our 

 ardor for studying plant life in Jamaica 

 was not in the least dampened, for we 

 had no sooner returned from this trip 

 than we began to plan for a third; but, 

 there were so many difficulties to sur- 

 mount, the summer of 1900 arrived be- 

 fore we were enabled to spend another 

 four weeks on the island. This last 

 sea voyage in a steamer, yet again so 

 much improved as to seem impossible 

 for the Fruit Company to do any more 

 for the comfort of its passengers, was 

 varied by days of rain and of sun- 

 shine, the latter predominating. 



