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[[stamped page number, upper lerft]] 64 [[/stamp]] Guadeloupe 32, final.
Dominica 1.

Mr. Dormoy took me to the Post Office to see if we could get my glasses which were expected to be in the mail brought by the Nerissa. We had to get a permit from the head of the Customs, but the glasses were not there. Only a letter from Ed, but it was very welcome. It was the tentative confirmation of our new schedule. it also told us of mail (including the proof of my thesis) that had been sent to the Government House in Dominica.
We had lunch at the hotel and then went aboard immediately. It cost us two dollars to get everything aboard, but it was worth it to get away from that place! The boat sailed at three and we reached Dominica just after dinner.
Since Ed had written that the proof of my thesis and some other mail had been sent to Government House, Dominica, I got the purser to introduce me to he Furness Agent in the hopes that he could get the mail for me,--even in the evening. The agent is Mr. [[written in black ink in a space left to be filled in]] W.S. Archer [[/black ink]]. He took me ashore in his boat, called up Mr. L. Cools-Lartigue, the Administrator's Chief Clark, and persuaded him to get the mail for me. The Clerk had been
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all ready for bed, and so when he appeared with the mail, Mr. Archer said he deserved a drink. We went around the corner to a saloon, where they had two whisky-sodas apiece, and I had a Ginger Ale. Back at the pier I was introduced to Mr. Winston, the Chief Customs Officer. Mr. Archer showed me his two hobbies--raising La France roses and raising frogs. He also gave me copies of two pamphlets (reprints from Natural History) by Paul Griswold Howes. They are "The Mountains of Dominica" (1929) and "Wild Life in Dominica" (1930).
I am a little skeptical of the experience of the writer, though he speaks as one acquainted with the West Indies. In the first paper he describes the ascent of Trois Pitons and Diablotin with notes on the life enroute. The second is given up largely to the account of certain bats, birds, reptiles, and frogs encountered in the island. Mr. Archer then sent me back aboard in his boat. He promised to make our next visit as easy as possible if we will let him know ahead of time. He suggested also that we write ahead to Lartigue.
When I got back to the ship it was quite late and we went to bed right away.
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