and for once in my life thick slabs of Dutch cheese, sardines and 
dill pickles seemed unappetizing® Marie and I both felt that to 
try and sleep in the cabin would be disastrous, so we stretched out 
on top of the fish nets, and tried to sleep® She was much more 
successful at it than I# However, it was fun to lie there on my 
back and watch the stars sail crazily back and forth above the masts, 
but even that pleasure vanished at midnight when a light rain came 
up® I tried the cabin once more, thinking it might have cooled 
off, but soon came back on deck again, feeling a little seasick* 
At two o'clock we reached Mount, and anchored. When the 
engines stopped, and the vibration with it, I dozed off for a 
couple of hours® 
Fav *7 •* ■ 
This was one of those rare mornings when I was glaa to see 
that light had come ann the night was over at last. T'^e Captain 
offered us black bitter coffee, but Marie and I were not interested 
in food, and the very thought of Bill stowing away cheese sandwiches 
and beer made us dizzy* We sat there and rocked, although the sea 
was ciim, and watched Cape Mount for two hours before we saw the 
surf boat coming out for us® It had to go a long way around to 
cross the bar, and as we saw it ducking and plunging through the 
breakers we began to worry about our cameras and. typewriter, as it 
seemed inevitable that they would he soaked with spray and salt 
water® 
However, when we finally got all our gear and ourselves and 
our boys in the boat, and the crew of seven oarsmen 
started to row, we came through safely* It is a complete mystery 
to me how these boats get through the surf ; of course, going in 
they are helped by the waves : they pick a big one and let it 
carry the boat in, but how they manage to dodge all the breakers 
I cannot understand® 
We got off at the Customs wharf, and walked over to West's 
store, where we met Mr* Paul, whom we had met before at the Campbells' 
He gave us pretzels and hot tea, which tasted good, and then we 
climbed up the hill, still feeling a little wobbly, to call on Miss 
Mary Wood McKenzie at the Episcopal Mission here. She has been in 
Africa eighteen years, and is a pleasant woman of about forty. We 
met also one of the teachers, a young girl called Miss True, and we 
spent the morning with them, had lunch there, while they arranged for 
a house for us. After lunch we moved over to the house formerly 
occupied by Dr# Koch, the head of the hospital here* Tt is a charming 
place, about half way up the hill, with a magnificent view of the 
sea. We have a big living room, bed room, wash room., kitchen, and 
a verandah sixty feet long® Although Dr. Koch has moved to a new 
house next door he has left enough tables and chafefes here to make 
it a luxurious camp; we have running water and electric light as 
well! 
We started Flomo off on his new role of cook by having him 
heat a tin of beans and one of hot dogs, while we went over to the 
doctor ' s house for a drink* We found Mrs® Bodewes there, and seven 
or eight Germans - the two doctors, Koch and Kohl ; two traders, Paul 
and Loefler; and Captain Rosen of the Helene. 
We were so tired we went to stegi almost immediately after 
