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Jan.27. When I went on deck at 7AM I found that we were off the south coast of Jamaica, somewhere west of Kingston. A small town, probably Black River though possibly Savanna-La-Mar, was in sight. The prospect was anything but pleasant. The hills burned brown and only the occasional coconut or banana walk showed green. It was hard to believe that there would be any good collecting on the island if this was a fair sample of the conditions. About 1PM we came about to enter Kingston harbor, the quarantine boat met us and the pilot came on board. I noticed my first pelicans, one on each spile in the channel. We docked at 3PM and Dick and Ruth were there to greet me. Baggage was passed without question, a representative of the Gleaner asked me for a story, the three of us were photographed and the formalities were over. Dick had a car already hired from Masterton and we loaded the baggage in and started to Mrs. Wooler's at 5 Cargill Ave., Half Way Tree. Dick and Ruth have the large front room (at the left of the sitting porch), just behind them is the bath and I have a smaller room just beyond the bath. Mrs. Wooler is very pleasant. She has been recently widowed and is continuing living in Jamaica at the earnest requests of the children. Eleanor is the oldest, she has taken a place in the Jamaica Automobile Association which certainly supports herself; Hazel, younger than Eleanor and perhaps younger than Boydie, has a small position in Kingston; Boydie, the older boy about 17 yrs. old is head of the house and has a job and finally Mannie, about thirteen, is still in school but will have to stop and find work soon. Mr. Nethersole, in the Jamaica Life Assurance Society, has promised help in finding some for him. Mrs. Wooler takes PG s, (paying guests) and will undoubtedly have no trouble in keeping the house full. I am paying three guineas a week 
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Mrs. Wooler's, 5 Cargill Ave., Half Way Tree, Kingston.