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August 8 - 
We were supposed to reach Belawan at deylight , but we are being 
late all along the line on account of the delay in sailing from Sings 
nore and it was actually noon when we arrived. Captain Kowe 
pnnomced at about ten o'clock that he could see Sumatra on the 
S fb couldn't find Belawan. I would not advise a nervous 
rJ"ttpneer to sail with him. He said, leaving Singapore, that on 
Account of the tide he would have to'take an^ccustomed way out of 
the ££ce, and hoped he wouldn't get lost He is lost one ship - 
it foundered after a collision in New York Harbor and had another 
one burn up in the Philippines. 1^ suppose these things happen to 
all captains in time, but most of them don't tell the passengers 
about them. 
However, he did find Belawan, and we found Davis, Jennier 
and Gaddi on the dock, where they had been since nine o'clock in the 
blistering sun. All our animals were on freight cars drpwn up right 
alongside the ship. The railroad peopl e courtesy .8 J 
q+-<rT> 1 im > } h->d eiven us a special night tram, charging us omy ioi uie 
W^eSlS (abou^thirty dollars) anj had made ar -ngement s 
beforehand with the customs people so th ^ n ^ e ^^ e n °^^^^ g ° V6r 
of specimens, and no delay in loading. About two the menagerie 
Started to eSxoe aboard, and it took all afternoon, and until about 
Sght that night. Bill, Davis and Jennier shouted themselves • 
hoarce. but nothing could make those coolies realize that they were 
hanSng livestock! and not crates of rubber or bags 0fJ^ # lnt5^ 
the cages were kxkx swung on board m big nets, and lowered into 
the Not 6 hatch. A few of the big crates were left on deck, those 
containing tigers, tapirs, bears, .sheep, and so ^J^JX^Sblt 
p-pp on the boat deck, and we are trying to protect a& ~ \ A y 
?rom sea breeze and at the same time give them enough fresh air and 
sunshine to keep them healthy. 
We were supposed to sail this evening but ^ n there is 
delay in loading palm oil, and we stay in Belawan over night, ihe 
American Consul (Mr. Walker is acting in charge) i^ll™ 01 *** ™* t 
Medan Zoo, and Vanden Weerd, the agent of the Kerr Line, all spent 
some time on board with us. The Coenraads were both here and had 
lunch on the ship ^-Congressman "n°d FKd^ltftS*., 
out hpre to be with us, ana arrived aixei n±±± emu. ± nc ^ ^ 
eTso turned up. He spent four days with the boys in Siantar and 
got a great kick out of it. 
August 9 - 
We left Belawan in the morning, and all day the boys worked 
like mad to get their stock in some sort of order. Cages had been 
stacked in such a way that it was impossible to get at some of the 
animals at all. Casualties due to the delay on the dock, .-no to tne 
roueh handling by the stevedores, were sickening. One clouded 
Jeopardfa Slang, two prehensile-tailed procupines, and five hundred 
birds are dead. 
We got into Penang in the evening. Jennier and Davis, 
weary as they were, went ashore about ten o'clock and stayed for an 
hour. Bill and I went early to bed. 
