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As we rounded the point into Soufriere Bay we had a wonderful view of the two impressive peaks - Gras Piton and Petit Piton.
The latter certainly appears inaccessible. The north side is very nearly perpendicular. We came up to the pier and landed the motor safely. There was a taxi waiting for us and after I got some gasoline, Ruth followed me in the taxi to Miss du Boulay's.
She gave us the large downstairs room, and then we had tea. We did some unpacking and rearranged the furniture before dinner. During and after dinner we collected hardbacks at the gasoline lamps.
IV-21-36 Spent most of the day unpacking and getting settled. We went for a short walk before lunch and I went for a short ride in the afternoon while Ruth rested. She is being bothered again by hay fever. We collected again at the lights. This is [[underlined]] Station 220. [[/underlined]]
Du Boulay Estate, St. Remy, 3 miles southeast of Soufriere. At light took one of the largest vials full of brown Melolanthinae (three species at least), with an Elaterid. Will keep this lot open for further captures. The hardbacks aren't scarce !!
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Ruth broke the frame of her glasses, but I managed to mend it with silk thread. She went walking with Miss du Boulay, and I went out collecting.
[[underlined]] Station 221.[[/underlined]]
1/2 mile northwest of St. Remy on the road to Soufriere. In week old cocoa pods found the best collection of the trip: 677 Staphs (3 sp. Piestinae - 13, 4 or 5 sp. Parderimae - 38, 2 sp. [[underlined]] Philonthus [[/underlined]] - 10, [[underlined]] Coproporus [[/underlined]] - 226, Aleocharinae - 390 of 4 or 5 sp.), 32 Hydrophilids (?), 11 Mitidulids (3 sp.), 2 weevils, 21 Scolytids, 6 other coleoptera, 26 Forticulids, and bugs, ants and thrips. One of the Piestinae is a small narrow costate form similar to an American species - possibly [[underlined]] Pseudopsis [[/underlined]]. The other two are the usual cocoa type. The [[underlined]] Coproporus [[/underlined]] seem to be all one species, the same as on the southern islands.
This brings the island total to 1601, and the trip total to 8000.