[Guadeloupe, Saint Vincent, 'Cluett' Voyage] 1915-1916
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there adequate charts or surf - (17) scientific explicit sailing direc- tions. Hence, to make this little harbor in the middle of the night without a pilot was a remarka- ble performance and we took off our hats in acknowledgment of the captain's skill. As we came to anchor we saw a little procession setting out toward us from the landing place on the rocks in front of the diminutive most pretentious house in the little village. The line consisted of the white rowboat of the Royal Danish Inspector followed by several kay- akas, or native seal-skin boats, with one Eskimo in each. The inspector, whose name is H. Lindow, is a tall, fine-looking young dane, named H. Lindow. He