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crew. Our menggerie was stowed on the promenade deck, and we made 
efforts to feed and water the stock before dark. 
July 29 - At Sea §W| ' 
We were up early, and cleaned cages and fed gibbons. Most of 
the cages are totally unsuited to the animals they contain, and we 
asked if the ship T s carpenter had any spare time on his hands in 
which to do a bit of remodeling. There is no ship ! s carpenter, 
but one of the sailors is said to be handy with tools, and will 
help us out tomorrow. 
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All morning we were anchored off Koh si Chang, jfckn island 
where we took on a load of rice. We went ashore for an hour or 
so, bought some fresh vegetables for our beasts, and found a man 
who had twelve white squirrels to sell. 
July ZO - At Sea 
We were tossed about a good deal all night, and woke to 
find rain and waves sweeping across the decks. Our gibbons 
were pretty well protected by tarpaulin, but we worried a good 
deal about their catching cold. Two of them had colds to start with, 
and this should not help matters any. I held Stengah, the baby, 
on my lap most of the afternoon - in fact until Stengah got 
seasick, when she was firmly put back in her cage, and promptly 
began eating bananas. 
Toward evening the weather moderated, and animal keeping 
was a little simpler. The carpenter has fixed the cages so that 
it is possible to feed and clean without letting all the inmates 
loose. 
July 51 - At Sea 
Two casualties: the white squirrels gnawed through their 
wooden cage, and two escap ed. One was caught again, but one 
jumped overboard. Also a Russell f s viper died. I hated to 
see Bill open the big box that was full of these creatures, but 
none of them moved, and he was able to remove the corpse with 
no trouble at all, and throw it overboard, where it floated, 
belly-up, looking more poisonous than ever. 
We went ashore at Tumpat, in Kelant an, one of the Unfederated 
Malay States. We found that Kelant an was famous for batik work, 
and bought four more sarongs. Mso some feeding pans, and some 
more fruit for our pets. The little town was decorated with 
flags and lanterns, and patriotic slogans in honor of the recent 
birthday of the Sultan. A great deal of the morning was spent 
at the Club, where we were taken with true British hospitality, 
and teated to gin tonics and beers. News reached the captain 
that there was a cargo waiting for us a few miles back up the coast, 
so we turned around and went back to Si am to get it. This little 
jaunt from Bangkok to Singapore, which looks so short on the map, 
is going to take longer than an Atlantic crossing on a big boat. 
