I knew we were to spend New Year's day on shipboard, but didn't
think it would take that much.
This ship accommodates only 50 passengers approximately, and is
more of a cargo ship than a passenger. Her length is just about
450 feet. The accommodations are excellent.
That evening at dinner found us again safely ensconced at the
captain's table, only this time it is a table for four, whereas
the Del Mar accommodates six. Capt. Tierney of San Francisco and
New York presides.
We headed back north. Our first stop was Antofagasta, Chile,
north of Valpariso. We arrived in the early morning. We were to
take on 1,900 tons of Anaconda 99+ percent copper for New York.
It would take all day. We were to sail at 6 p.m. New Year's eve.
We were free for the day.
TOO MUCH MONEY
By miscalculation of some sort we were hundreds of pesos too
much. Here was our last chance to get rid of them. Sugar Foot and
I footed it around to the main part of town to buy most anything
worthwhile, small and light, and to mail some letters.
The mailing of letters, with reasonable assurance of their
arrival at destination, is a real chore. You must go to the post
office. So far as I know, post offices are always crowded down
here.
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