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the deck, because we ran the Totalisator - which is how
we made the money. Rex, Frank took the names & I
did the clerking & worked out the odds we should pay.
On the first day, we lost about five bol - on the second
& third days, profiting by experience, we won about six pounds
between the three of us, which was very satisfactory, & we
wished it had all happened earlier. Some other wretched men
starte an opposition on the second day, & ran it in bookmaking
lines - that is giving out the odds before the race - & lost
ten pounds in the process. The Tote has the great advantage
that you cannot lose - & in any case, we paid much
better odds in nearly every case.
We were on the boat for rather more than twenty
four hours, after we arrived in & before we finally
disembarked - during which time people were going
off all the time. It was quite a break, in a way,
leaving the ship which had brought us so safely &
so far, & there were quite a number of people to say
goodbye to. And to tip - our little waiter - Norman, had
looked after us very well indeed, & had remained good
tempered all through some very trying weather - so
we gave him five pounds from the six of us. Our
cabin steward had been completely idle, & had even
allowed our fat men to do his work for him - so
we gave him nothing. Our other friend was a

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5.
the deck, because we ran the Totalisator - which is how
we made the money. Rex, Frank took the names & I
did the clerking & worked out the odds we should pay.
On the first day, we lost about five bol - on the second
& third days, profiting by experience, we won about six pounds
between the three of us, which was very satisfactory, & we
wished it had all happened earlier. Some other wretched men
starte an opposition on the second day, & ran it in bookmaking
lines - that is giving out the odds before the race - & lost
ten pounds in the process. The Tote has the great advantage
that you cannot lose - & in any case, we paid much
better odds in nearly every case.
We were on the boat for rather more than twenty
four hours, after we arrived in & before we finally
disembarked - during which time people were going
off all the time. It was quite a break, in a way,
leaving the ship which had brought us so safely &
so far, & there were quite a number of people to say
goodbye to. And to tip - our little waiter - Norman, had
looked after us very well indeed, & had remained good
tempered all through some very trying weather - so
we gave him five pounds from the six of us. Our
cabin steward had been completely idle, & had even
allowed our fat men to do his work for him - so
we gave him nothing. Our other friend was a