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noon came &I decided to go ashore. Three of us then took a boat ashore to Sleima cost 6d. each. Everything was spotlessly clean & we wandered around the place viewing things. The streets are narrow & hilly & the buildings are all of one type a creamy stone with perhaps green casements. The milk used is from goats & herds of these animals are driven through the streets & milked where necessary. They appear to yield a lot of milk having abnormally large udders. Wishing to take a photo I came on an old woman milking but she was extremely nervous & blushing hurried along but I followed up & with the help of a penny at last persuaded her to pose for a snapshot. We next encountered a Maltese lacemaker & watched operations which were extremely interesting, 36 threads on reels in one case being used at once. After some bargaining I managed to get some at a reasonable price & posted it home. We then took Cab & drove to Valletta the main township where we were the object of all eyes. The womenfolk wear a peculiar headgear called the Faldett a kind of hoop over the head. Altogether the day was most enjoyable a good dinner & supper completing the bill & after visiting sundry shops & making purchases we returned to the ship about 10 P.M. to find no notice taken of our action. They possess peculiar watercarts the water running into a tin with small holes, like a jamtin & this is