June 13 
Arrived Nassau on the Bahama Star at mid-morning after an extremely 
quiet passage# Weather beautiful and hot — as expected# Off the boat 
by ton or so, but the car, no* The poor little station wagon came as 
deck cargo, and must bo hoisted to the dock# We stood on the balcony of the 
customs house waiting for our baggage to be checked, and watched the oper- 
ation# Much shouting and pushing and giving of directions by ten or 
twelve black people. The rope sling was a pretty tattered affair which 
%om insisted must be a bundle of seaweed# But it did the business^ the 
oar went up into the air, held by that mass of tatters and fuzz and came 
gently down on the dock ~ with my camera trained on it all the while to 
record any sudden plunge# 
Then the routine# First to clear the car and wheedle Mr# McKinney, 
Director of Customs, into lotting it onto the island without assessing the 
new one- third-of- value deposit; then back to the dock to get the oar# 
you must first go to the Curry Co# for release of the shipping papers;” 
so to the Curry Co# up the street beyond the Prince George and into the 
ground floor office i ”This is the air division; the shipping division is 
upstairs;” so upstairs to the Curry Co#, and then back to the dock with the 
papers# Big hassle at the dock between two inspectors as to who would 
inspect the car# The one who lost was so disgruntled that he barely 
looked at the tons of gear in the back of it — much to ray relief# Ah, 
step number one completed#’ People and luggage loaded into the car, and 
