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24   St. Lucia 24.
We encountered several small waterfalls which had to be circled through the bush. This was a difficult proceeding since the valley was extra steep at these points. Finally, as the light was fading, and we figured we must be nearing the Roseau River and success, we came to a fall that must have been about 80 feet high. We decided to keep to the left bank and follow around the hill in the hope of finding the trail that leads up to Dame Milette. We climbed between 300 and 400 feet up the ridge, but the light was failing fast. We finally stopped and took stock of the chances. We were undoubtedly within half a mile of the trail, but might be several hours from it. There was no moon and we had no torches. So we decided to stay in this place for the night. The boys built a fire - one match - and we all set out to dry our clothes.
The only food left from lunch was fruit and a can of apricots. We ate the latter, made what shelters we could against the occasional showers and tried to sleep. On this particular ridge there were neither ferns nor palms to make beds, so we had to sleep on the ground. I had a three-foot square of canvas. It served alternately as mattress and tent!
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Jacot went off by himself and apparently slept all night. He said he had fever, but Box said he was quite cool. Mr. Leckie was restless all night and scarcely slept. I slept from ten to two-thirty, and Box slept even longer.
[[underlined]] Station 216. [[/underlined]]
1/2 mile east of sta. 214, on a side ridge. Elev. 800 feet. Around camp-fire took three Lampyrids and one [[underlined]] Pyrophorus [[/underlined]].
Should also mention the luminosity of the ground under the leaves. Box says it is due to the presence of myrelia.[[superscript]] ? [[/superscript]] We found many leaves that glowed all over.
IV-11-36  We were all stirring before six o'clock, though it was not yet very light. We breakfasted on oranges, bananas, cheese, and native bread, and had enough water for one drink apiece.
We carefully checked the compass and the barometer to make sure of our direction, blazed a tree, and started northward toward Dame Milette. We skirted the ridge, but as there was a chance that it joined the main Milette Ridge, I climbed up to the crest [[strikethrough]] f [[/strikethrough]] and followed it to its top - a rounded knoll not connected to the main ridge. I rejoined the others below, and we soon sighted some fresh "clearings" which we knew were close to our destination.