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86   Dominica 33.
At dinner I was asked how long we had been in Dominica and how we liked it. My hosts were quite surprised to hear that we had been treated poorly and that no one had called on us. The Captain was quite indignant and promised to check up several people. He is a nominated member of both the Executive and Legislative councils of Dominica and of the Leeward Islands Council (Federal) in Antigua. He owns at least three large estates, - Londonderry, Eden, and Woodford Hill. He advised me to apply for refunds on all duties and fees through the Administrator and suggested I send him a copy of the letter. He says I should have gotten in touch with Mr. F. I. Harcourt, the Agricultural Commissioner. I was told that there is little or no cocoa along the northern sand, but quite a bit of pasture and several white-sand beaches. Mrs. Stebbings seemed especially sorry that Ruth hadn't come along. They have electric lights, a radio, two cats, two dogs, and a parrot. In the living room they have at least four chairs that are comfortable! I was told of three hurricanes that did severe damage to Dominica. These were in 1926, 1928, 1930. Before this there was a thirty-three year period of freedom from them. Several hours warning is always had, and for several days before there are definite indications. Went to bed at 11, and slept well.
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VII-7-36  Everyone was up before seven. I had a grapefruit for morning tea, then declined an offer to take a 3/4 hour walk to the beach with Mrs. Stebbings and the dogs. Wrote up yesterday's notes.
The Capt. gave me letters of introduction to Mr. Harcourt and to Mr. A. Forbes of Portsmouth, who is a butterfly collector.  At 9 o'clock we had breakfast of bacon and eggs (real bacon!), toast and marmalade, mangoes, bananas, etc. I then got the motorcycle battery, which nearly gave out on me last night, and the Captain put it to charge. Then he took me in the car (Ford) to Woodford Hill Estate beach, where I collected under seaweed.
[[underlined]] Station 255. [[/underlined]]
Beach at Woodford Hill Estate, on the northeast coast. Under seaweed found 4 Aleocharinae and 11 Carabids.  Also picked up a few shells for Ruth, including the little 1/2 inch pink ones which are known chiefly from here, and a sample of coral sand.
On the way back we stopped briefly at
[[underlined]] Station 256. [[/underlined]]
Eden Estate, along main road, on the northeast coast. In freshly cut banana stems found 2 Aleocharinae, and 1 Nitidulid.
Back at the works at Londonderry the Captain showed me some piles of refuse from a lime press,