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18   St. Lucia 18.
At 4 P.M. the Lady Drake came in from the north. She sails again tonight, and Sir Geoffrey Evans and the students go to Trinidad on her.
Mr. Box planned to bring the Morris's back to dinner tonight with us, but didn't see them.
It continued showery all day, with strong winds, and rained hard during the evening. This may be the dry season, but this [[strikethrough]] l [[/strikethrough]] week has been wet enough.
IV-6-36  Rainy again today. Barnard Sons & Co. phoned that there was mail for us. It must have come in on the Lady Drake yesterday. I went down between showers, got the mail, and cashed our draft, getting part in cash and the remainder in a draft on Dominica. The mail consisted of letters from the MacCay's and one from EB. This latter ^ [ had ] inclosed a letter from C. H. Kennedy thanking me for a copy of the Morphology of the Coleopterous Family Staphylinidae. I don't know how he got it, but Ed will probably know. There was also a letter from Terrie, and a bundle of magazines, - 3 Sciences and a BBES.
In the BBES is an editorial that aroused me so that I spent the afternoon writing a reply to it. It really doesn't deserve a reply, but the subjects are worth discussing.
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[[written in margin ]] IV-7-36 [[/margin ]] The weather was a little less threatening than usual so I went out to do a little belated collecting north of Castries.
[[underlined]] Station 213. [[/underlined]]
1 mile south of Gros Islet or about 4 miles north of Castries on the Leeward road. In dung found 31 Staphs ([[underlined]] Oxytelus [[/underlined]] - 21, Omaliinae - 1, Paederinae - 1 and 1 and 2, [[underlined]] Philouthus [[/underlined]] - 1, Aleocharinae - 4), 3 Sphaeridiinae, 32 [[underlined]] Aphodius [[/underlined]], and 2 Forficulids.
The sky looked very threatening now so I came on home. Ruth had been to town with Mrs. Box.
In the afternoon wrote letters to EB and I. F. Ferris, enclosing the Reply to an Editorial in each. Also sent a check to the Smithsonian for my extra separates.
Met Box in the evening and he said he didn't think he could arrange the trip up Morne Gimie. Will get more details later.
[[written in margin ]] IV-8-36 [[/margin ]] A wasted day. I finished up yesterday's manuscript and letters, and worked on the indices. Ruth went out to look at some fresh fungus on [[written in margin]] sta. 205. A. [[/margin]] a stump and found some Staphs. [[underlined]] Station 205, [[/underlined]] 24 Staphs (all one black species).
In the afternoon we both worked on stamps. Watched several small ships come in and go out of the harbor. One of them practically rammed the pier. It is very tiring to wait around for good weather. I think I'll stop waiting.