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of a little jalousied window, against 

 which the bed stood, and my feet 

 hanging over the front edge. Perhaps 

 I might have enhanced my comfort by 

 reversing the mattresses, but I feared 

 to touch them, as they were unclean 

 and the probable abode of centipedes 

 and scorpions. With a proper mistress 

 this might have been an ideal resort, 

 as the house was pleasant, the sur- 

 roundings charming and the air cool, 

 the prevailing winds coming from off 

 the bay. 



When ready to leave Manchioneal 

 we started out to see if we could find 

 a banana cart to take us to Bath, and 

 succeeded in getting the promise of a 

 cart and driver to be at our lodgings 

 at precisely half-past eight in the morn- 

 ing. Strange that, with the experience 

 we had had in waiting for the move- 

 ments of the natives in all parts of the 



