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[[stamped page number, upper left corner]] 44 [[end stamp]] Guadeloupe 12. 

[[left margin note]] C [[end margin note]] Under rotting leaves of banana pussa ^[[?]] found several Torficulids, a Nitidulid, and a few other small beetles. In flowers (a large lily) were several slender Nitidulids. In excre-
[[left margin note]] A [[end margin note]] ment ^[[A]] were two Torficulids only. Dung ^[[B]]
[[left margin note]] B [[end margin note]] yielded a very few Staphs and many Sphaeridiinae. Spent the afternoon chiefly making plans and worrying about finances. It rained some.
[[left margin note]] XI-1-35 [[end margin note]] It started to rain at 1 o'clock in the morning and hadn't stopped by supper-time. In the morning I sketched the map of the island on page 47, and copied field Notes. Lunch was a very discouraging affair. We've scarcely had a decent piece of eat since we've been here. They seem to go in for variety rather than quality. After lunch we drove down to town to see if we could buy some canned fruit or candy. We found all the stores closed on account of All Souls' Day. We did find the little Post Office at St. Claude open, and got a fine set of stamps.
Dinner was a considerable improvement. We had a good soup, a creamed fish dish, the usual bread, nice cuts from a tender roast, a cold vegetable dish of carrots and beans, gruyere cheese, and [[strikeout]] gr [[/strikeout]] plum preserves. If the meals could keep up to that there'd be no kick. Breakfast is two eggs, coffee (vile! we can't drink it), and [[strikeout]] f [[/strikeout]] oranges. I have hot Cocomalt too.
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[[boxed area, strikeout]] In the morning we walked up a path that goes {{strikeout}} south {{/strikeout}} ^{{east}} from the river. 
{{underline}} Station 79. {{/underline}}  ({{double underline}} error {{/double underline}}
One kilometer east of Matouba. Elev. 2200 ft. Sweeping yielded quite a few bugs and one Lampyrid. [[/boxed strikeout]]

[[left margin note]] XI-2-35 [[end margin note]] Today started out rainy, but gave promise of clearing off later. About 10 o'clock we walked down the road toward St. Claude.
[[underscore]] Station 79. [[/underscore]]
One kilometer south of Matouba. El. 2000 ft.
[[left margin note]] A [[end margin note]] A small pasture or savanna[[strikeout]]h[[/strikeout]]; excrement yielded half a dozen Staphs and four Sphaeridiinae; dung seemed to have nothing,--too old; an ants nest in a log and the pile of refuse outside yielded nothing: Beneath a culvert along the road was a small collection of rotten fruit and old mango pits. Under the fruit 
[[margin note]] B [[/end margin note]] I took several Forficulids, two or three species ^[[5]] if Staphs, and a couple of other small beetles. Under one of the black dry mango pits was one of the big black Scarabs (Melol.), and, in the soil, three smaller (3/8") Scarabs. Sweeping along this road didn't produce a single beetle. Bees and wasps and winged aphids and tiny flies were common.
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