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It w.- s two in the morning when we finally got to bed. Curious 
to think that all this is caused by a depression in Bermuda . 
September 19 - 
The ser is calmer this morning, arid although we ?re still 
rolling considerably, there are no waves coming aboard, and I was 
able to get down and take care of my stock, and to help out with the 
animals that Gsddi usually feeds. It was not too pleasant, however; 
the smells of animals and food left me no appetite for lunch, and 
it took courage to go back and finish the job in the afternoon. 
Our banana problem has been most perplexing ever since we 
left Port Said* The ones that were ripe then were too ripe, and 
many of them spoiled before we could use them* The ones that were 
green are still green, or ripening so slowly that everybody fights 
over the few that are edible from day to day. Davis has to have 
bananas for some of his birds, but my gibbons prefer bananas to 
everything else, and besodes that is the easiest and quickest food 
to prepare, and seems to suit everybody. Every day we count up, 
and say f, 0nly five more days - only four more days - only three 
more days - until we can buy more bananas. ? ' 
September 20 - g , 
A fine morning, with the sea getting rougher toward evening. 
One more thing to worry about - to-morrow we leave the Gulf Stream 
and there will be a drop in temperature. We are trying to get 
wireless reports on the temperature in Halifax - so far with no 
success. Boston is 60, and that is all right, but anything lower 
than that may mean disaster to our big stock that has to stay on 
deck, with only hay and tarpaulin between it and the cold world. 
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P cold breeze was blowing in the morning, and got steadily 
colder all day. We left the Gulf Stream at 6 o'clock, and the 
temperature then was 58. All afternoon the Captain and the electri- 
cian worked on pitting 500-watt bulbs in the giraffe cages. Over 
each animal's head the big lamp was Irng, first being screened 
to keep the animals from licking the he- ted bubls. The giraffes are 
sensible animals apparently, and soon became used to the bright light 
overhead. Everything was tucked in at night with plenty of hay, 
and tarpaulin made as tight around the cages rs possible. 
This ^as the night of the Captain's dinner, and we were all 
pleased to come down to the dining room and see that the British 
American and N„G.S. flags constituted the decorations. I have 
sat through many and many a captain's dinner, but never one that 
was quite so friendly or so much fun as this one. We had Captain 
Rowe 1 s special cocktails first, and wine with dinner. We had 
some of the Egyptian quail - the ones that Bill ordered as live 
specimens and they came aboard all dressed for the table - and 
then sat talking until midnight, getting occasional reports on the 
weather. The sea was calm, and the wind subsided, so that although 
the temperature was in the liw fifties we hoped everything would 
be all riglwi^ ' : ^[^ < 4i 
