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were not able to make sense of it. But they were obviously enjoying the competition.

Our guide told us the game is of West African origin and is called “Oril” but he could

not explain it either except to say that it was complicated and that it involved getting

all the marbles on one side or the other.

Then it was time to return to the Orion and our lunch; by now it was 1 PM and we

were having to admit that we were hungry once again. The buffet was on the back

deck once more so that we could continue to enjoy the views of the pretty harbor of

Mindelo. We lost Tom and Ron, the two Japanese tour directors who were

researching the ship, and Fred at this stop as they will be going tonight to Lisbon. Tom

had been checking out the ship as well to see if his company might want to send

clients on trips using the Orion.

We had an afternoon video in the Cosmos Lecture Hall on “The Great Whales” done

by the National Geographic Society. However, it was obviously a propaganda piece

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