Mauna Loa (AE 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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Should I or shouldn ' t I? ' It ' s really not that bad Mrs. Ferris. Just think of all the shopping we can do while they are gone. One last look before turning eastward.

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Last minute preparations for getting underway are made as the jeep is brought aboard... Departure . . . . . . May 10, 1965 .and the brow is taken away. Cast off all lines! '

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1 shofi j— t Jiyiy t ' (River Tagus). The gay seaport capi- tal of Portugal, with its fine modern buildings, smart shops, and cosmopolitan life, has a popula- tion of about one million. It is a modern, progres- sive city, closely allied to a colorful and historic past, and still bearing signs of Moorish influence in its architecture. The appalling disaster of 1755 (iestroyed most of the palaces and churches of the preceding centuries, but there is much of great his- torical interest to be seen. The celebrated Tower Of Belem (1 520), with Moorish balconies, served as a state prison until 1828. In it many unfortunates have languished, some in the dungeons that are flooded at every tide.