1894
Feb. 27
Antigua

The weather is so nearly uniform from day to
day that I shall not record it after this unless
there is some marked change. On the land the
thermometer is 83[degrees] to 85[degrees] at noon and 74[degrees] - 76[degrees] at
night.

We left Montserrat at midnight and when I 
came on deck at six o'clock this morning the
steamer was running up the long narrow bay which
forms the harbor of Antigua. On both sides of 
this bay, but especially on our right hand,
cone shaped volcanic mountains, densely wooded
from base to summit, rose against the sky.
The water was even richer colored than that at
Santa Crux. Every few minutes a huge shark
of a pale flesh-color showed first his dorsal fin
and then a portion of his back. A few Brown
Pelicans were the only water birds in sight.

At 9 a.m. I went ashore with Dr. Riley in a 
small steam tug. On the way we passed within 
fifty yards of a large rock on which a dozen
or more Brown Pelicans (mostly young birds) were
standing or lying in picturesque attitudes.

On reaching the town we walked about through 
the streets, visited the hospital and cathedral,
and dined at a very good hotel where we
had green turtle soup and steak, both extremely
good, and venison from Barbuda.  We afterwards
called at the library and finally returned to the steamer
at 4.30 P.M., sailing at 5 P.M.