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CRUISE OF THE BARRERA 



Our crew was made up entirely of Major can 

 Islanders and better men and sailors it would be 

 difficult to find. They were all good seamen, 

 cleanly in habit, sober, and efficient. Their one 

 desire seemed to be to serve us in every way and to 

 help make our expedition a success. Too much 

 praise cannot be given them. Our skipper, or the 

 ** Patron, '* as skippers are called in Cuba, is a man 

 of exceptionally strong and pleasing personality 

 and his authority in all matters of navigation was 

 absolute. His perfect control of himself and of his 

 men, his good humor, his fine judgment and 

 common sense, made him greatly respected by all 

 on board. 



The following is a full list of the party : 



Patron 



Caspar Pellicer 



Mate 



Pedro Juan Matas 



Cook 



Bartolo Palmer 



Crew 



Jose Riera 





Bartolome Jofre 





Cuillermo Pujol 



Engineer oj Auxiliary 



Luis Palormino 



Sailor 



Pablo Lesmes 



Naturalists 



Dr. Carlos de la Torre 





Dr. Paul Bartsch 



