He was very much bothered at the order forbidding correspondents on the ship, but I talked like a father to him, and he finally gave in, and was very nice about the way he did it.

Since then I have had the most interesting time and the most novel experience of my life.

We have been lying from three to ten miles off shore.

We can see Morro Castle and houses and palms plainly without a glass, and with one we can distinguish men and women in the villages.

It is, or was, frightfully hot, and you had to keep moving all the time to get out of the sun.