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[[start page]] [[stamped]] 16 [[/stamp]] Puerto Rico 16. [[left margin]] X-8-35 [[end margin note]] Took the sidecar off today, and at 10 o'clock started on a circle tour of the eastern end of the island. Route was Rio Piedras, Caguas, Gurabo, San Lorenzo, Humacao, Ceiba, Fajardo, Luquilla, Mameyes, Rio Piedras, and San Juan. Rode in the rain from Caguas to Humacao, so had a chance to try my raincoat. It works very well. [[underline]]Station 54.[[/underline]] 5 miles east of Humacao, a roadway in a pasture. The usual assortment from dung, including ^[[(32)]] [[insertion written in pencil]] Staphs, Sphaeridiinae, & Aphodiinae. [[underline]]Station 55.[[/underline]] 7 miles east of Humacao, on the beach. Under seaweed found one Staph ( [[underline]] Cafius[[/underline]] ?), and the same Carabids and smaller beetles as at San Juan. [[underline]]Station 56.[[/underline]] 15 miles northeast of Humacao, on the beach. Two of the [[underline]]Cafius[[/underline]] and one smaller Staph. One Aphodiinae and two common beetles. [[underline]]Station 57.[[/underline]] 5 miles west of Mameyes, in a pasture. Found same assortment under dung. ^[[(26 Staphs)]] [[insertion written in pencil]] Was interrupted by the major domo, who spoke a little English. He was interested in where the specimens would go, and asked what the Americans think of Italo-Ethiopian war! [[end page]] [[start right-hand page]] [[stamped]] 17 [[/stamp]] [[margin note]] X-9-35 [[/margin note]] Left at 8 [[underlined superscript]]30 [[/superscript]] A.M. for El Yunque. By ten o'clock I was beyond the peak and two kilometers past the end of the "auto" road! After asking [[strikethrough]]anyone[[/strikethrough]] everyone in sight where I could find Luis Martorell, I had no more idea than before. The letter from Mr. Gerhart was addressed to him at Robinson Crusoe Cabin, so I went up there, [[strikethrough]]l[[/strikethrough]] a half kilometer up the trail from the swimming pool. No one up there ever heard of Martorell, so I went on up the path for a couple of kilometers. I stopped to collect under rubbish on the edge of a stream and found half a dozen Staphs. The forest is a real "dripping forest." It rains several times every day and even the surface never dries out. Beating or sweeping would be nearly impossible, but the epiphytes might yield something. When I went back down I asked several other foremen without stirring up a spark of recognition in anyone. I guess I'll have to get Gerhart to make an appointment with Martorell for me later on. [[underline]]Station 58.[[/underline]] El Yunque Peak. Elevation 2800 feet. ^[[(probably only 2000 ft. XII-18-36)]][[insertion written in black ink]]. Rubbish along stream. Several specimens of ^[[(8)]] [[insertion written in pencil]] Staphs. [[end page]]
