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visited, it being necessary to have a bill of health 
at every port in every island visited. 
.After seeing their fill of this place the yacht 
steamed south to St. Martin where a few hours’ 
stop was sufficient, the anchorage for the night 
being at St. Bartholomew. This proved to he 
the poorest place they had yet visited and of¬ 
fered but little attraction. Trade was completely 
stagnant and the natives seemed to have given 
up all hopes of its ever being a live town again. 
Deep sea sounding and dredging, together with 
the circumnavigating and photographing of Saba 
and St. Eustatius islands, occupied the next 
morning. Forbidding as Saba Island is in ap¬ 
pearance, the hardy Dutch inhabitants not only 
live in a -crater but build boats there, and lower 
them over the cliffs to the sea nearly a thousand 
feet below. 
The drag net was dropped 1,000 feet and 
steaming slowly ahead for a half hour many 
beautifully colored fish and other curious speci¬ 
mens of sea life were dumped out on deck. 
That night the yacht anchored at Basse Terre, 
St. Kitts, or as it is sometimes called St. Chris¬ 
topher Island. Here several days’ sight seeing, 
photographing and sketching were spent. A 
photo was taken in passing of Fort Brimstone 
or "Monkey Hill,” as some call it, from the 
number of huge apes (descended from pets of 
the soldiers formerly stationed there) that now 
inhabit it. 'The island of Nevis was photo¬ 
graphed on the way to Antigua, which proved 
with the small boats. Steaming south that after¬ 
noon the yacht anchored for the night at Virgin 
Gorda, just east of St. Thomas'. The next morn- 
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ning an early start was made and the island of 
Sombrero was photographed as the yacht was 
passing it. She anchored for the night at the 
Island of Anguilla and the custom officials were 
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1. Coaling- at Island of St. Thomas. 
2. Natives and Boat at Amegada Island. 
3. Blue Beard’s Castle, Island of St. Thomas. 
4. Sabo Island 
5. Sombrero Island Light. 
6. Watching the First Deep Sea Haul. 
7. Government Building, Basse Terre, St. Kitts. 
