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[[stamped page number, upper left]] 90 [[end stamp]] Trinidad 24.

Stopped again about a mile farther on, but found nothing but some Myriapods. The mara is apparently a leguminous plant, and the bean, which is 2 x 4 inches, drops to the ground, opens out, and sends out roots and shoots. They are very abundant and form the underbrush this tree has very hard wood,--said to be seventh of the worlds' hardwoods. A few vines and epiphytes were the only other plants in the forest.
[[underline]]Station 97. [[/underline]]
Twenty-two miles north[[strikethrough]]west[[/strikethrough]][[overprint]]east [[/overprint]] ^[[Balandra Bay]] [[insertion is written in pencil]] of Sangre Grande on the road to Toco. A narrow beach, with sargassum weed scarce. Took two species of Staphs, a [[underline]] Cafius [[/underline]] [[penciled underline]] (4) [[/penciled underline]], and another [[penciled underline]] (2) [[/penciled underline]]. Also two other small beetles.
From here we continued to Toco, the entrance northeast of Trinidad, from which can be seen Tobago, very faintly; and then westward along the north coast to Sans Souci, about five miles from Toco.
[[underline]] Station 98. [[/underline]]
One mile west of Sans Souci, on north coast. A large series of tiny ^[[(146)]] [[insertion is written in pencil]] Staphs (several species) in 
[[margin notation, black ink]] A [[end margin notation]] fungus; one Piestinal, tow or three other species of Staph, [[appears to have been written as a semi-colon, but the dot over the comma portion has been crossed out with an X]] a small Coprinae, [[appears to have been written as a semi-colon, but the dot over the comma portion has been crossed out with an X]] and Torficulids in
[[margin notations, in black ink]] B, C. [[end margin notations]] rotten ^[[(7)]] [[insertion written in pencil]] cacao ^[[B]] [[insertion in black ink]] pods; and one Staph flying. ^[[C]] [[insertion written in black ink]] (The last put in with station 100.)
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[[stamped page number in upper right]] 91 [[end stamp]]

On the return we stopped for lunch and found that what had been prepared for two would have been ample for four. Just outside of Toco we took a photo of a palm-topped rock (exp. 1/25 & 8), the first on the Standard film.
We also stopped for more than an hour at one of the beaches that is popular for bathing. Ruth and Mr. Pound went in. There was no sea-weed here.
[[underline]]Station 99. [[/underline]]
fourteen miles northeast of Sangre Grande on the road to Toco. A large group of fairly freshly felled trees. In fungus took quite a few small Staphs and a series of some other fungus beetle.
The weather was fine up till now but grew so dark we couldn't stop in the forest again at all. Started to rain fitfully.
[[underline]] Station 100 [[/underline]]
One mile east of Sangre Grande on road to Toco. 
[[margin notation, in black ink]] A [[end margin notation]] In rotten cacao pods found several ^[[(7)]] [[insertion written in pencil]] Tachyporinae and a 3/8 inch Staphylininae. Failing light prevented further collecting. Under this number are placed also a few miscellaneous Staphs and other beetles caught flying in the car during the  round-trip from Sangre Grande to Sans Souci and back--mostly near the former [[penciled note]] 92 Staphs) [[end note]]
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