14?- 
And Sparks had typed a neat little agenda: T, With reference to 
collect messages, there is no such facility in the tireless 
Service. r 
We reached quarantine too late for the doctor, and spent 
the night peacefully anchored in the Harbour. 
September 25 - 
We awoke in the errly morning to find ourselves enveloped 
in a thick wool of fog. Foghorns >* r ere blowing, to right and 
left of us,- and the doctor, who was supposed to come aboard at 
six, didn T t show up until 8.?0. By that time the weather had 
cleared, and about ten we were actually alongside Albany Pier 2. 
Alice, Mildred and Austin Brues had (JOgjp ,*tq meet us; also Helen, 
Coolidge, Mrs. Christophe SchultaV" ''R&gfe* r CdriVrtt, D?h Ha r rklns, ' ' - 
and of course Roberts, Gross and Shippen. The one person Bill 
wanted to see was the American Railway Express Agent, and the two 
of them went into a huddle in regard to New York arrangements 
for unloading us to-morrow. 
The N. B . C. men were there, and had managed to get the 
boeadcast postponed till 11.45, giving them an extra half hour 
to get ready. w ires were strung over Number 5 hatch, where 
cargo was actually being discharged, an the broadcast came off 
during the greatest confusion, and under the greatest difficul- 
ties. With winches squeaking, and a texxx stevedores shouting 
and everybody giving helpful advice, Bill was interviewed on 
the highlights of the trip . He introduced Gaddi, who said a 
few precise, well-chosen words in Dyak. The announcer in 
describing Gaddi, said he was about 4 feet high (No, sir, 5, says 
Gaddi) with very black hair, wearing tortoise-shell glasses, and 
his native Dyak costume (this consisted of a blue beret, an 
imitation mackina^, WBA a pair of dirty pants, a knife in his 
belt, and tennis shoes). The big tiger roared nicely for the 
microphone, but it was lost; the otter, who has squealed since 
the day he came abaord, w?s stricken with sudden shyness, and the 
only good performer was the black leopard, - but then he would 
always roar. Incidentally he nicked one man in the leg, and the 
man s^ore, and the mike had to be suddenly moved out of reach of 
the "unpremeditated profanity. 
All day long we had guests. About five o T clock we went 
ashore to have an oyster feed. We were late in sailing, as a 
great deal of the Boston cargo was r optional ff , and after being 
unloaded, was put back in the hold again. It was 10. ?0 when we 
finally moved stern-first away from the pier. 
