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Mar 8

Fenner did phoning and found that our hotel phone girl had given us Ambard's message which was intended for a Mr. Hermes, room 112 for whom it was intended (our room number is 122).  Thus we got acquainted with Ambard and his butterfly coll. which was a very fortunate thing;  for we heard of a lecture being given that evening in the local Museum by a Mr. Hermes (who pronounces his name Herms).  He has some very remarkable movie shots of fiddler and [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] ghost crabs and a few other things.  Tuna fishing air views of Bahamas, Lab work at Ocean Springs on Gulf coast aquarium shots of sponges & shells;  a general miscellany.  Says he's connected with the Audubon Society's conservation program.  Through the phone misadventure we also met Mr. Greenhall, local museum director, who arranged lecture, and who later was to take us [[strikethrough]] riding [[/strikethrough]] and to the Zoo of which he was formerly director, with which he's still connected.

We spent 3-4 hrs prior to lecture at Ambard's home looking at his personal collection, said to contain over 600 diff kinds, and of course 2-3 times that many specimens.  He collected or raise from [[strikethrough]] cacpir [[/strikethrough]] caterp'l chrysalis, or eggs, every spec. he has.  He hopes eventually to collect every species known