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68   Dominica 15.
VI-6-36  Spent the day counting specimens with the aid of the microscope. Haven't finished up-to-date, but did over 1200 Staphs. As usual there were many [[underlined]] Coproporus pulchellus [[/underlined]], but also several specimens of another Tachyporinae, similar to a very small [[underlined]] Conosoma [[/underlined]], though not very convex. I think there was a larger number of species than usual, both in Paederinae and Aleocharinae.
Expected mail from the south, on the S. S. --?-- of American Caribbean Line, which arrived last night. None came, however. Rained most of the day.
VI-7-36  Finished counting specimens up to date. Have now taken 1423 Staphs. It was much warmer again today and rainy. In the afternoon wrote letters to Mother, and Varis, and receipts to Dispatch Agent in New York and to the [[Sm. Dust.?]]. Worked on duplicate stamps after tea. In the evening wrote Ed a list of questions about Part II of Tachyporinae monograph. If he answers them right, I can fix up the MS and send it in.
VI-8-36  Wrote letters all morning. These were to Johnny Franklin, and Albert Watson. Also cleaned up my desk (quite a job) and went over correspondence file to find any unanswered letters. Did little in the afternoon except stamps after tea. The day was sultry and rainy. A steamer was expected from the north, so may get mail tomorrow.
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VI-9-36  Didn't see the sun all day. It rained hard intermittently. Put away some specimens and wrote a letter to Ferrie. Also worked on the list of entomologists.
In the evening changed the tubes in the radio, but it didn't improve reception. Think part of the trouble is [[definenty?]] in voltage.
We are enjoying less and less the meals here. The meat is all mutton and fish, and real green vegetables are practically unknown. Luckily there is usually fruit.
VI-10-36  We walked up to the library and to see the Museum. It has collections of butterflies, corals, hardwood samples, rum, coins, Carib implements, etc. Not very exciting - or well kept up.
At the library found a copy of Wollaston's Catalogue of Coleoptera of the Canaries (1864). It had never been out of the library, but they let me bring it home to catalogue. As I was short of cards I had to go out again to have some cut. Even paper is hard to find in this town, but I finally got some writing pads cut into cards. Spent part of the afternoon and evening cataloguing, but also put away some specimens, and did some stamps with Ruth. We've used over 3000 of the hinges already.
Listened to Republican Convention on the radio.