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Ant igua . 
1894 
February 27 The weather is so nearly uniform from day to day 
that I shall not record it after this, unless there is some 
marked change. On the land the thermometer is 83° to 85° 
at noon and 74° - 76° at night. 
We left Montserrat at midnight and when I came on 
deck at six o'clock this morning the steamer was running 
up the long narrow bay which forms the harbor of Antigua. 
On both sides of this bay, but especially on our right hand, 
cone-shaped volcanic mountains, densely wooded from base 
to summit, rose against the sky. The water was even 
richer colored than that at Santa Crux. Every few minutes 
a huge shark of a pale flesh color showed first his dorsal 
fin and then a portion of his back. A few Brown Pelicans 
were the only water birds in sight. 
At 9 A. M. I went ashore with Dr. Riley in a small 
steam tug. On the way we passed within fifty yards of a 
large rock on which a dozen or more Brown Pelicans (mostly 
young birds) were standing or lying in picturesque attitudes. 
On reaching the town we walked about through the 
streets, visited the hospital and cathedral, and dined 
at a very good hotel where we had green turtle soup and 
steak, both extremely good, and venison from Barbuda. We 
afterwards called at the library and finally returned to the 
steamer at 4.30 P. M., sailing at 5 P. M. 
