CRUISE OF THE BARRERA 



expert in handling the dory while dredging or 

 threading the passages of the reef, Greenlaw 

 was indispensable. 



The various members of the expedition as- 

 sembled in Havana between May 2d and 5th, 

 and several somewhat trying days were spent in 

 extricating our equipage from the labyrinthine 

 mazes of the Cuban customs. When this was at 

 last accomplished, the schooner deck presented a 

 disheartening aspect. We gazed with dismay upon 

 towering ranges of boxes, barrels, bundles, drums 

 of gasolene, trunks, suit cases, bedding, and the 

 constantly arriving crates of provisions. It 

 seemed an impossible task to stow away this 

 appalling amount of equipage, and we detected 

 the covert smiles of our crew, whose modest needs 

 for a six weeks' cruise could safely be packed in 

 any one of our hundred boxes. To add to the 

 confusion, reporters arrived together with many 

 friends of the crew and numerous visitors with 

 cameras. We did not know just who were or were 

 not going with us from the multitude that swarmed 

 the deck. The cook worried about the installation 

 of his stove and the disposition of his pots and 

 pans. The more immediate essentials among the 



