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day to you. This information had been gleaned frorr | my passport and the prepara. tions made without my know[ ing it. , Our first port was San Juan, . Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico ir general is a tropical islanc approximate in size to Long island, well supplied with . mountains and has an imposing coastline. San Juan was founded in 1511 -.and has grown into a young metropolis. The name in SpanWhen
it was founded by Ponce de Leon, he walled in a third of the island, fortifying it with the mighty Morro Castle at the harbor entrance. A three-hour excursion by auto to Avenida Munoz Rivera took us past the Supreme Court Building, the stadium. School of Medicine, the Capitol and St. Christopher Fort. A stop was made at the famous El Morro Castle and we drove past San Juan Cathedral, resting place of Ponce de Leon. We visited the University oi Puerto Rico with the most beautiful campus imaginable, then returned to the ship for lunch. After lunch a shopping trip where I bought pins and earrings made of scales of the bone fish found there. The native - 1 a n g u a ge of Puerto Rico is Spanish, but _Continued on page 5
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