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Sunday March to Simla Beebe's place.

Driver (taxi) we had to get told us to get there fore lunch at 12 we'd have to start at 10, and so we did.  But it took but one hour, so we were an hour early.  Most of ride is through small towns, so that you hardly realize you are out of Port of Spain, so populous, and filled with similar buildings all about in same state of disrepair, last 5 miles beyond Arima & over road to airport Navy built (beyond where Beebe is) is very good, but up hill and winding like Calif mount. roads, through veritable jungles bamboo, ferns, & everything that grows in them.  Beebe's place is in a great deep valley with about only one other roof in sight, on an eminence within the valley of elevation of about 1400 feet.  Called Simla, by former owner was weekend retreat of former governor, of island.  Jocelyn Crane, crab lady here is studying butterfly behaviour, and for studies has gotten from Alcoa material for construction of large flight cage (about 24 x 48 feet) with double door, compartment between (like sub-airlock) to prevent escape.  [[strikethrough]] They [[/strikethrough]] Beebe's outfit furnished only the labor.  It is remarkable how the butterflies will follow around the flowers on which they feed.  By fastening one of the yellow flowers in this case to end of stick you can get a butterfly on roof of cate inside to alight on it, or else follow it about where ever you lead it.  Also paints recognition colors