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[[stamped page number, upper left]] 52 [[/stamp]] Guadeloupe 20.

Couldn't sweep as everything was dripping wet. Watched for fungus and places to sift. Tried the ladder at about five places. At one got one very slender Staph, one tiny Carabid, and a small Myriapod (or worm). At another 
[[margin note, underlined and written in pencil]] 2 Staphs [[/margin note]] got one Staph like a [[underline]] Philonthus [[/underline]], and four large white grubs. On the way back found a rotten log that looked promising. As I had no machete I could only scratch the surface, so found only a colony of Forficulids, one Carabid, and a large larva. I saw only a few small fungi, which produced nothing. After lunch we drove to Basse-Terre to cash a Travelers Cheque, buy a machete, and mail letters. The car was boiling when we reached town, and on the way home we stopped to put in some water. I stalled the engine and couldn't crank it, so we had to ask some men near by to help us push it a few feet to turn around and coast down hill. About six or seven of them responded and we got started allright. Stopped at the Post Office in St. Claude because they're so slow in Basse-Terre. On the way back, picked up Paul, the house boy, who was walking from St. C. Dinner, was fair only.
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[[left margin note]] XI-7-35
The day started out quite clear and nice, so we prepared to hike up to the Indian village. It began to cloud up as we started, and to rain slightly as we descended. Took a picture looking west from the trail 1/2 kilometer from here (showing ocean and a tiny sailboat) ^[[(1/50 + 18)]] [[insertion written in black ink]], and another from the top of the hill looking 
[[margin note, underlined and written in black ink]] Photo #40 [[/margin note]] south by west, showing Mount  Houllemont, the Saintes, and Dominica (1/50 + 14). Stopped to collect several times. First at 
[[underline]] Station 82. [[/underline]]
Same as Station 78. In excrement found quite a series ^[[(28)]] [[insertion written in pencil]] of Staphs ^[[and]] Sphaeridiinae, one of the dirty-backed Scarabs, and two Forficulids.
[[underline]] Station 83.[[/underline]]
Three kilometers east of Matouba,. Elev. 2400 ft. A large savannah on the face of the hill. In cow dung took three Staphs, one Sphaeridiine, and ^[[a]] black Scarabacid. Sweeping produced no beetles.
In the afternoon I worked for a while on the definition cards. I used the last of the 1000, and finished all the formal definitions in Snodgrass. Have an idea that a good form would be to give the word, its general definition, and then a list with necessary extra definitions of terms compounded with it. As: Germ,.... Germ band
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