cruising to the Island aboard the Horizon just a week earlier.

Now, the Rhode Island native is jetting off to London aboard British Airways, and from there, across Europe and around the world! Neither a millionaire nor a travel writer, the voyager is a big teddy bear named Butterscotch, the brainchild of an elementary school enrichment class in Cranston, Rhode Island.

The bear carries writing books in his rucksack, which bears a sign encouraging other travellers to write inside them and share their experiences. The St.

Paul School class wants to send Butterscotch around the world and back to Rhode Island by next April.

Mr. George Butterfield, shipping agent with Meyer Agencies Ltd. which represents the cruise ships on which Butterscotch sailed, sent the bear to kindergarten class at Bermuda Institute yesterday with his five-year-old daughter Rachel Hayward.

"Next I'll turn him over to my sister-in-law, who works for BA,'' Mr.

Butterfield said. "Hopefully, she can put him on the flight and send him to London, and then to Europe.'' Arriving at Dockyard with Butterscotch aboard Meridian were 901 other passengers. The ship, which arrived on Tuesday, returns to Philadelphia this morning.

Horizon arrived in Hamilton from New York on Monday with 1,385 passengers. She shifted to St. George's yesterday and sails today.

The other cruise ship handled by Meyer, Dreamward , arrived in St. George's on Monday with 1,253 passengers. She shifted to Hamilton on Tuesday and sails for New York today.

The cruise ship Royal Majesty arrived at Ordnance Island in St. George's from Boston on Tuesday with 990 passengers, agent John S. Darrell & Co. Ltd.

reported. She sails tomorrow.

And Song of America arrived at Penno's Wharf in St. George's on Tuesday with 1,379 passengers, John S. Darrell said. She shifted to Hamilton yesterday and returns to New York tomorrow.

Two of the three regular container ships serving Bermuda came into Hamilton this week.

Oleander arrived from Port Elizabeth New, Jersey on Sunday and discharged 174 containers, including 34 refrigerated ones, Container Ship Management reported. She also carried steel and other building materials, a boat, and four cars.

She sailed on Monday, a day earlier than usual, to avoid a tropical storm.

Bermuda Islander arrived from Salem, New Jersey a day early, on Monday, Meyer reported. She discharged 56 containers, including six refrigerated ones, before sailing on Tuesday.

Also this week, the refrigerator ship Pioneer Express which arrived at Dockyard on May 23 continued to undergo repairs to her main engine. She might sail for Sweden on Saturday, Meyer said.

The Cable & Wireless cable ship Sir Eric Sharp sailed on Sunday for Venezuela, to repair cables.

And the three-masted tall schooner Fridtjof Nansen sailed on Sunday for Wilhelmshaven, Germany, after arriving in St. George's from Cuba on May 31.

The training vessel, operated by a German charity, had 43 people aboard.

STILL HERE -- The refrigerator ship Pioneer Express remained in Bermuda this week after arriving at Dockyard on May 23 for repairs to her main engine.

Meyer Agencies reports that she may sail for Sweden on Saturday.