11.   Crew members, many from Singapore, told authorities that the ship left Africa about two weeks ago.

12.   Many ships now leave from ports that can be reached via Amtrak or car.

13.   No one, not even snow-proof Scandinavians in fur hats and boots, went on the outside decks to see the ship leave Sweden.

14.   Ship leaves port.

15.   Slave ships left from Newport, Bristol, Providence, Boston and Salem.

16.   Ships leave the Hudson River docks, float serenely southward, not much farther offshore than a crab pot.

17.   The only recommendation that the CDC made when the ship left New York was that it flush and decontaminate its systems as soon as possible.

18.   The ship has just left port, and the ecstatic captain has opened up the engines.

19.   The ships leave behind a small sea of containers.

20.   The ships leave Montreal on Sunday and are due in Thamesport, Kent, England, a week later.