if they ventured out. We were told that one Polish snip had 
made a dash for it one right, taking its chances on zhe - nor one 
exploded a few nights ego for no -noc3 roe son - .r-nt hie-./ ^up all 
■jqy i -[-&;■ i f* ■ # ii pr>ench err is op '^rpsr.^cl :l.*b for n yxaj..16* host ^x-. 
f rr»r) hacf“ wliei). It r^ochec 1 tme thirty mile limit and ohe Brxtlsh. 
natroi " Tbe«*o whiles ere havin * a had time provisioning their crews • 
Every day' the captain of each ship has to row ashore where he is 
permitted to buy supplies for one day o.n.1, • 
Beino in the harbor meant a blackout for the ship , which is 
a rmi gance • Our portholes are painted bl.de, and If the ports are 
closed we can have the light on, but that makes the air too hot 
for comfort . So we left most of the ports open ana stuxao.^ed 
around in the dark. Fortunately there was a full moon^and the 
decks were as bright as day, and all. our nea.gh.oox s - " 
Forwent an, Swedish, Greek, French - were silhouettes agai/ .l o. 
iidht 6 sky and a brilliant rippling ocean. Bill called i_c zhe Sargasso 
Sea, the gathering place of derelict ships from the whole world. 
July 20 - 
All morning we flew the flag that calls for pilot, aid 
all morning the captain got angrier and angrxerhxo name xs 
Sendles, and he is a dour Norwegian). Lc wa J actual no i °ef^ 
we F ot under way and saw Dakar the desolate fade ^ into wie Jim;— 
pathetic Dakar, not knowing where its next ^f^l^xs co^ag ii J Q » vernor 
even to whom it owes allegiance# It ^ sits v\raxa.i a r 
General to arrive and make up its mind for it. -, T>A . i . 1 _ 
An hour and a half out, a French patrol plane flew directl 
over us, low enough to get 8. good look at the American ...„«.gs - 
on our boat deck. At ten-thirty tonight, three^rrr.xnh Si>|.os, 
two cruisers and a battleship, hailed us, warning ^ 1 ,. 0 -ix s , 
•nut out our lights# Sparks signalled rhem nest Irmo - ^ew 
York" and they then let us proceed without any further remarks# 
The Brit i sh L are certainly watching that harbor and. making sure that 
nobody comes in or goes out without their ’mowleage • 
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