21.
We are now at Matadi.

The Captain invited us to stop on board and it is well he did.

We dine on deck where the wind blows but the rest of the ship is being cleaned and painted for the trip North.

Four hatches are discharging cargo all at once, from four in the morning until midnight.

Officers and kroo boys get four hours sleep out of the twenty-four, but I sleep right through it, so does Cecil.