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there were all sizes, ages & types, one old lady with snow white hair & several English women, worse on the
whole than the Americans. The floor was good at first but got very heavy later on; Mrs Russell had too
much to drink & she & one or two others were rather boisterous.

Thursday [29th November]

Fort. My latest batch of recruits are shaping out very well, they are mostly blacks, several of them escaped
slaves and fine big men. Office all the morning. A fuss about a man called Harding, Manager of American
Express Company, who seemed to be coming here without a proper visa. Worth wanted to prevent his
landing but eventually he decided not to, having got a wire to that effect from Bushire. Davies told me that
another tanker was coming here on 15th January. My new car arrived, a very handsome one, closed car,