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[[stamped page number]] 50 [[/stamp]] Guadeloupe 18.

at the best looking house and estate that I've seen on the island. It turned out to be owned by the brother of the Monsieur Debois we were looking for. We finally found the right place, but were unable to rent a battery. he could charge ours but only in the daytime; an all-day job. I noticed that his "dynamo" and other machinery was run by an eight-foot overshot water-wheel. Couldn't be cheaper! [[underline]] Vagrant Thoughts [[/underline]] (of a Vacant Mind):..... Found out why it's costing us so much down here--There are really five of us,--me, strikeout]] and [[/strikeout]] my wife, my secretary, my interpreter, ^[[and]] my wife's sweetheart..... The amount of canned fish in one of the French grocery stores..... The pictures of the Normandie on every wall..... The way the natives treat all dogs..... And the total absence of cats..... My shaving soap is almost all gone..... "'S [[Böning ?]] speaking"..... Crummy Rummy..... What fun (?) sleeping under a net..... The inaccuracies of most road maps..... Roads paved with irregular cobblestones..... The apparent scarcity of fruit on this island; at least here..... indifference to rain displayed by people.....
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[[left margin]] XI-5-35 [[/margin note]] Another day of practically continuous rain. Some blue sky was visible most of the time, but one could hardly expect to collect much. I wrote a letter to Ed and enclosed the list of collecting stations,--up through Sta. 65. After lunch I put away quite a few more specimens and generally straightened up. Ruth and I played cards and checkers to pass the time. I got dressed once to go out collecting, but as it continued to rain, I gave it up and changed back.
We have a new waiter in the dining room. He is one of the boys from the Hotel des Antilles in Pointe-a-Pitre. He is credited with being able to speak French, English, and Spanish. The service is somewhat better and today at least the food is a little improved.
[[left margin]] XI-6-35 [[/margin note]] Today gave promise of being just like yesterday, but one short drizzle was all the morning produced. I went out for about three hours, going up the left bank of the south branch of the Rivière Rouge.
[[underline]] Station 81. [[/underline]]
Two kilometers northeast of Matouba, on the ridge at left side of southern branch of the Rivière Rouge. Elevation about 2400 feet.
On the way up caught one bee-fly on a flower.
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