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Ps the afternoon wore on, the nearness of the Southwest Monsoon 
became increasingly evident. A stiff wind, sudden gusts of rain, 
and a wallowing sea, made animal keeping anything but a pleasure. 
Three tiroes we got completely soaked to the skin ourselves, because 
we dashed up to the boat deck to cover up gibbons when we saw a 
cloud on tie horizon, and the rain came whitening the sea, and 
blowing horizontally on us before we could get back to our own 
quarters. The big Mawas kuda from Atjeh sits and skakes his cage 
alarmingly, and it has all been reinforced with steel wire and 
guved to stanchions so that he cannot shake it completely to 
pieces. He is the roost dangerous animal aboard, not excepting the 
Sumatran tiger, and certainly the roost fearsome to look at. 
Davis and Jennier are discouraged almost to the point of te^rs. 
Davis confessed at dinner time that there was one bird cage he had 
not yet been able to reach - the roulrouls have now been three days 
without food or water. The Captain promptly ordered two sailors to 
go below with Davis and sort out cages so that this last lot could 
be reached, and saved - if indeed they were still alive. Only two 
of the twentv were dead. As Davis said "Boy, they sure can take it. 
August 12 - 
The day is still a little stormy, but not as bad as yesterday, 
The Cpptain turned all hands out to help the boys place their cages 
where they want them, and make of Nu mber Six hatch sometning approa 
ing a tidy Zoo. With help, it was done, and Jennier and Davis are 
cheerier." The female blue sheep, one of our rarest animals, is 
not feeling so well, and everyone is hoping that she is merely 
seasick, and not suffering from an overdose of sun the day we were 
in port. The blue sheep are mountain animals, and the noonday sun 
is hard for them. ^|| 
Gaddi is at work agpin. The first day we were out I watched 
him, and he spent the whole day running his legs off up and down the 
deck, always with a couple of buckets of sweet potatoes, or water, 
trying to get all the stock fed and watered before the day was over. 
He never had a moment to draw breath, and when I asked him, well, 
Gaddi, what do you think of life at sea?" he answered, "It is very 
good " Yesterday he wps seasick. After many valiant efforts at 
conouering the qualms, he finally had to give up. He is such a 
plucky little soul that it must have been hard for him to admit 
defeat. Today he is smiling and busy once more. 
The Captain showed us his movies in the evening, pictures he 
has taken on his round-the-world trips, and he had some very good 
shots, especially of porpoise, albatross, and the Medan Zoo. 
August 1 
I have been promoted. I fed the gibbons before breakfast, 
and then spent two hours down in the hptch cutting up apples and 
banenas for the birds and ani als. Bananas are required cut in 
three different ways, and a bucket of each kind, so it was quite a 
job. I had Stengah out for a while, and gave the poor mite a 
bsth, which she seemed to like. The Captain's dog tried to make 
friend *with her, but the tiny bunch of fur did her best to bite him. 
