. Barbados-Antigua expedition; narrative and preliminary report of a zoological expedition from theUniversity of Iowa to the Lesser Antilles under the auspices of the Graduate College . instance, we were im-portuned by the White Rose and also by many royal person-ages. A police officer stands at the head of the gangway, exercisingautocratic control over the clamoring boatmen, adjudicatingtheir quarrels and summoning boats desired by the passengerswho go ashore. There is a regular tariff, but there are also fre-quent attempts to overcharge the customers on one pretenseor another. After nightfal
. Barbados-Antigua expedition; narrative and preliminary report of a zoological expedition from theUniversity of Iowa to the Lesser Antilles under the auspices of the Graduate College . instance, we were im-portuned by the White Rose and also by many royal person-ages. A police officer stands at the head of the gangway, exercisingautocratic control over the clamoring boatmen, adjudicatingtheir quarrels and summoning boats desired by the passengerswho go ashore. There is a regular tariff, but there are also fre-quent attempts to overcharge the customers on one pretenseor another. After nightfall, however, a higher rate is of the freight is handled by heavy scows or lighters, mostof them made of mahogany, which are propelled by negroes whostand on the gunwale and handle enormous oars or sweeps. Thestevedores are also black men, often of superb muscular devel-opment and most independent bearing. They appear to workbetter here than at the other ports, but are also harder to con-trol. The amount of freight handled is probably greater thanat any other British port in the West Indies and it comes ap-parently from all over the world: from South and North PLATE XXXV. 1. A collecting party waiting tor boat (See page 162) 2. Dr. Fisher, collecting serpent-stars (See page 192) 3. Wehman at work (See page 162) PLATE XXXVI
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