ments for the trip on the sloop. Late in the afternoon my effects were put on board the little boat and before half after eight we were standing out of the harbor. The wind was favorable, the sky was almost cloudless, the moon lacked but three days of full- ess, prospects were good for a sat- isfactory voyage to Kingstown. Persons who have traveled on these small coast- ing vessels avoid their cabins and sleep on deck unless it rains heavily. Hence my Castries land- lord had loaned me a canvas slaw deck-chair and I soon made myself comfortable for a night in the open. The wind held so good that we crossed the channel between St. Lucia