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Dominica 23.

VI-21-36 Sunday. Planned to go up Mr. Bruce collecting, but Mr. Tavernier invited us to come to see his place on the road to Grand Bay. We went ont eh motor, but had to walk about a mile up the trail from Belleview, and the top of the pass. It was quite foggy, but the vegetation was dense and tropical. The house we found to be rather ramshackle, but in a beautiful setting. A large tree in the front yard is completely covered with epiphytes, but no orelids were in blossom. Found a few beetles in roses.
[[underline]]Station 249. [[/underline]]
Lisdarra Estate, 1 mile east of Belleview on the Grand Bay road. In roses took 3 small Aleocharimae, 1 slender Nitidulid and 1 pale weevil.
 The fog was just lifting as we left, but there is said to be a fine view of Martinique, as well as T.M. Anglais behind his house. The latter we can see from the hotel if it's clear.
 Spent the rest of the day reading, etc. It didn't stay clear long, but rained again later.
VI-22-36 Spent the morning reading, etc. The government issues a schedule of steamer movements, and this had the S.S. Ingrid scheduled to pass here southbound (not stopping) today. We learned that it was actually due to stop here northbound at 8P.M. It might bring mail from the southern islands.
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VI-23-36 Another holiday. The king's birthday.
At 1 A.M. there came up a high wind with occasional heavy showers. These lasted throughout the day. The parade scheduled for 8 AM was held in spite of it, but very few people attended.
 In the morning we worked some on stamps, and in the evening heard the opening speech of the Democratic Convention. It was terrible - rounded just like Senator Windrip in Sinclair Lewis' book It Can't Happen Here.
VI-24-36 In the morning I rode up Maine Bruce behind the town to try collecting.
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West end of M. Bruce, overlooking Roseau. In dung found 20 Staphs ([[underline]] Oxytelus[[/underline]]-11, Xantholimnae-1, Aleocharinae-8), 6 Sphaeridunae and 15 [[underline]]Aphodius.[[/underline]] The dung was all soaking wet from the last two days of heavy rains.
 We've been bothered quite a bit by mosquitoes lately, so today we bought some Flit. The gum and can of fluid cost 6 shillings!
 In the evening we heard some more of the Dem. Convention, but it was rather dull.
 Mr. Tavernier told us he had never experienced a hurricane, though he's been here many years. In spite of him, there was a bad one in 1933, and several others in the last 20 years.
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