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12   St. Lucia 12.
I ate my lunch before I reached Soufriere, and on the return trip I remembered I hadn't gotten any gas. I coasted down to Choiseul, but couldn't get any there. I was told the Rector on the road home might have some. I stopped at the Rectory and asked. The young Rector had little to spare but did give me one gallon. He had corresponded with Hatch in St. Vincent and knew Simmons and Haydock in Carriacou.
  I made much better time coming home, but took advantage of every hill to save gasoline. Got clear home on that one gallon (imperial).
IV-1-36  April Fool's Day. Spent the morning on notes and the Report for February. Ruth didn't feel very well after lunch so I read to her till tea. Drew the map on the previous page last night. Meant to see Box today but he was in the country. Also intended to see Stanley John, but since today is a half holiday, I put it off.
IV-2-36  Went to town in the morning. Tried to mail copies of my thesis to Bierig, Voris, Watson, Ferris, and Watson. Found [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] they would cost 29¢ apiece, so decided to think it over! Went to see Stanley John. He says he can probably get me a few bird skeletons. I didn't talk to him about the cost, but hope it won't be prohibitive. [[strikedthrough]] ? [[/strikethrough]]
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  Wrote report for March and a letter to Ed. Also wrote to Voris. Spent the afternoon packing specimens. Didn't get very far with it.
  Just before dinner the S. S. Ingama came in. She brought from Trinidad (via Barbados) Sir Geoffrey Evans and a group of [[strikthrough]] S [[/strikethrough]] students from the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture (including Mr. Fennah).
  Mr. Box loaned me a pamphlet on the Geology of St. Lucia. From it: [[underlined]] St. Lucia [[/underlined]] is separated from Martinique on the North by 20 miles and from St. Vincent on the South by 25 miles. It has a maximum length of 25 miles and a maximum width of 12 miles. The highest peak is M. Gimie (3145 ft.). There is a central mountainous area, with more or less plain around the edge. Topographically it is an almost exact replica of Dominica. In St. Lucia the mountains are more "hummocky", the rivers smaller and less gorge-like. The Gros Piton  (2619 ft.) and the Petit Piton (2461 ft.) rise from the sea on the southeast coast. Between them is a bay, surrounded on the third side by a continuous ridge of hills about 1000 ft. high. This forms an extinct crater, the western side of which has been carried away by the sea. The Petit Piton is a veritable matterhorn, - with an optical angle of not more than 70°. Viewed from the south side it is seen to be split into two peaks by a N.W. - S.E. fissure. It was for long considered unscaleable.